A Birth Day Song

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A Birth Day Song

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Penned in 1835 IST by Henry Penton

Performed in 1837 to His Imperial Majesty, Emperor John VIII

 

 

In 1835 I wrote and composed a piece meant to celebrate His Imperial Majesty's 80th birth day and the upcoming silver jubilee. However, it deeply saddens me to write, with a heavy heart, that our most beloved Emperor never made it to that occasion. Yet, I would not have done my duty as a citizen of Oren if not to have sung this to His Imperial Majesty before his passing. So, as his hours waned from this earth, and with loved ones and loyal denizens surrounding, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor John VIII became the first to hear the newly established Orenian birth day song. Though, I implore all to partake in the affair and sing it to their loved ones, Orenian or not, on their birth day.

 

The lyrics are open-ended and need only for one to fill in a few specific details to accommodate for a new subject. Please find them below:

 

Lyrics

 

Come bring the liquor hither,

And men raise up thy voice:

[Lord/Dame] [Name] [Age, See below],

And therefore we'll rejoice.

 

In [Age, See below] bottles

Let all men have a lark;

Here's [Age, See below] verses

Worth [Age, See below] marks.

 

O all ye loyal citizens Come listen to my tale.

Tis of a gallant wigged [Lord/Dame],

Forever let [Him/Her] prevail.

 

 

Numbering

 

For the purposes of adjusting the song for all, and maintaining the syllable count of the song, please see a list of ages below. Insert them into the sections requiring the age of the birth day lad or lass.

 

1 - One and nothing

2 - Two and nothing

3 - Three and nothing

4 - Four and nothing

5 - Five and nothing

6 - Six and nothing

7 - Seven and nothing

8 - Eight and nothing

9 - Nine and nothing

 

10 - Nought and tenfold

11 - One and tenfold

12 - Two and tenfold

13 - Three and tenfold

14 - Four and tenfold

15 - Five and tenfold

16 - Six and tenfold

17 - Seven and tenfold

18 - Eight and tenfold

19 - Nine and tenfold

 

20 - Nought and twenty

21 - One and twenty

22 - Two and twenty

23 - Three and twenty

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And so on, and so on.

 

After Nine and ninety this author compels all well-wishers to stop singing a birth day song to those specific elders and start offering prayers to GOD for their continued longevity.

 

 

 

 

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[VIROS 2915]

Josephine Augusta hums the catchy birthday melody to herself, appreciating it as a spark of light that brightened her late uncle’s last hours.

[kuerbis 3802]

Anne Caroline was certainly not done grieving her late uncle and Emperor, but whenever she found herself hearing this song, a smile crept upon her lips as it reminded her of just how happy he looked in the last few hours before his passing.