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Well, it’s that time again. Time for the 7th annual Birthday Song Poll. This poll determines the song that the Sheriff will sing to you on your birthday. Note that the Sheriff uses LJ as his recordbook , so you only get a song if you have your birth month and year in your LJ/FB profile and we’re mutual friends* (so I get reminded of your birthday and you’ll see the post). I have tried my best to note the answers given for previous polls as well behind the cut. If you want to change those answers (or just confirm them), feel free to vote in the poll again this year. Note that if you don’t specify a song, then the Sheriff usually sings his favorite, the Birthday Cake Polka. That’s because he wrote that song, and needs the royalties 🙂
Every year, new songs are added. The new song this year is indicated with ¤. Of course, I’m always open to suggestions for new songs. If you have one, please leave it in the comments, along with a pointer to where I can find the lyrics. If you indicate how the sheriff should be dressed, what instrument he should be carrying, or who might accompany him, that would be great.
For the record, here is my current understanding of what was chosen in previous years:
A Very Merry
Unbirthday [Sherman/Sherman] |
otaku_tetsuko,
barelyproper, countfroggy, honeywoney |
Another
Candle [Jerry Herman-“Parade”] |
fauxklore |
Back When We Were Beautiful¤ [Good ‘Ol
Girls] |
|
Birthday
[The Beatles] |
dianec42, ixixlix, jeditigger, dimensionm,
graemeperrow, kyliebeth, rjlippincott,
stuck_in_ma
FB: Sheila M., Steve A., Cheryl Gelfand |
Birthday
[Sugar Cubes] |
|
| Birthday Cake [Cibo Matto] |
in_quinecorners |
Birthday
Cake Polka [John Rovack, 1952] |
terpsichoros
FB:
Margalit |
Birthday
Cake Polka (Gluten-Free) [John Rovack] |
gf_guruilla |
Birthday
Dirge [Trad.] |
venedotia, usqueba, whalejudge, aliza250,
darkfuzzyheart, sethcohen, spunkylizard |
Birthday
Massacre [Birthday Massacre] |
|
Birthday
Song [Golden Bough] |
klellingson |
Born Never
Asked [Laurie Anderson] |
tsgeisel |
Cut the
Cake [Tina Liza Jones] |
barnabas_truman |
Happy
Birthday [Altered Images] |
mortuus |
Happy
Birthday [Concrete Blond] |
msolursh,
mommyathome |
Happy
Birthday [I’m Getting My Act Together…] |
|
Happy
Birthday [Stevie Wonder] |
pradagirl, snippy, elasticity |
Happy
Birthday [Weird Al Yankovic] |
underpope |
Happy
Birthday [Zorba the Greek] |
|
Happy
Birthday, Ralph [Atom and his Package] |
talonvaki |
Happy
Birthday Sweet Sixteen [Neil Sedaka] |
kyburg |
Happy
Birthday To You [Hill/Smith, 1893] |
cafemusique,
groblek |
| Happy Clappy Birthday (Gwendolyn) |
|
Happy Happy
Birthday Song [Arrogant Worms] |
six_gun_samurai,
patgund, bellwethr,six_gun_samurai, FB:
David Bell |
Hubappuby
Bubirthdubay Tubo Yubou [Zoom] |
|
| I’d Rather Be Dead [Harry Nilsson] |
|
Joyeux
anniversaire |
zarchasmpgmr |
Las
Mañanitas |
bdot |
| Make Your Own Party [Marcy/Zina] |
|
Modern Maturity [Tom
Paxton] |
cahwyguy |
Older [They Might Be
Giants] |
estherchaya,
gyesika, llennhoff, miss_mimsy,
dieppe, ellipticcurve, usqueba,
bluemeringue |
Other
Happy Birthday Song [Gardner/Quinn] |
greenscar |
The Pirate Birthday Song
[Heather Alexander] |
dennisthetiger,
dougtonius620, kaottic97, smoochie,
neo_tanuki |
30/90 [Jonathan Larsen,
from “tick… tick… Boom!”] |
nsshere,
shutterbug93 |
This is your birthday song,
it isn’t very long [Unknown Artist] |
larymotrmn,
jumbach, crash_the_dog, ailurodragon,
kuni_izumi |
Unhappy Birthday [The
Smiths] |
dementia |
Yom Huledet
[Batler/Datz] |
ginamariewade,
divasteph |
Lastly, folks ask where this came from. One year, I began to notice that everyone hates the traditional birthday song. So I began to wonder what was the most popular birthday song. Thus, the poll was born.
