{"id":3840,"date":"2010-02-25T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2010-02-25T05:04:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T13:04:00","slug":"birthday-wishes-for-usqueba-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=3840","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Wishes for usqueba"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, Folks, you know the drill. Let’s gather in front of our large, 13″, Black and White TV set, and watch as a tall, lanky man in a khaki uniform, wearing a Viking hat (horns and all), strides out, introduces himself as Sheriff John<\/a>, and says:<\/p>\n

I know you’re wondering what happened to my sharp lawman’s cowboy hat. We’ll, in honor of today’s song, I’ve decided to wear a different hat. I’ve also asked the Volga Boatmen to accompany me on this song. This is going out to you, usqueba<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He then clears his throat, takes out his guitar, plucks an “A” note, and then starts singing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n\n\n
Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nNow you’ve aged another year
\nNow you know that Death is near
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nNow that you’re the age you are
\nYour demise cannot be far
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nBirthdays come but once a year
\nMarking time as Death draws near
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nLong ago your hair turned grey
\nNow it’s falling out, they say
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nMay the cities in your wake
\nBurn like candles on your cake,
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)\n<\/td>\n

   <\/td>\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nBurn the castle and storm the keep
\nKill the women, but save the sheep
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) <\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nMay your deeds with sheep and yaks
\nEqual those with sword and axe
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nNow you’ve lived another year
\nAge to you is like stale beer
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nWere I sitting in your shoes
\nI’d go out and sing the blues
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
\nWhen you’ve reached this age you know
\nThat the mind is first to go
\nHappy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Did you know you can pick which song the Sheriff sings for you on your birthday? It’s easy. Just visit the 6th Annual Birthday Poll<\/a> on Livejournal or the parallel note on Facebook<\/a>. Note that if you want the birdie to be able to inform the Sheriff about your birthday, you need to make sure your birth month and day is in your LJ or FB profile, and it is visible to your friends. Note that the Sheriff only sings a song if I know you personally or you’re a regular commenter. So don’t lurk!]<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, Folks, you know the drill. Let’s gather in front of our large, 13″, Black and White TV set, and watch as a tall, lanky man in a khaki uniform, wearing a Viking hat (horns and all), strides out, introduces himself as Sheriff John, and says: I know you’re wondering what happened to my sharp Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[330],"class_list":["post-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","category-lj-xfer","tag-birthdays-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}