Birthday song

I read somewhere that some people esp. here in Asia do not sing the "Happy Birthday" song correctly. We are all familiar with the music. Usually we sing it like this:

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you.

So what is wrong with this? That book said that the words of the 4th line should not be "Happy birthday" but should be "Dear Name of one who has the bday", i.e. if it is Michael's birthday, it should be sung like this:

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday
Dear Michael
Happy birthday to you.

Yes, I think this is better than just repeating the same line. However, what if you are singing for 2 or more people?

At church we have a second stanza which goes like this:

May the Lord God bless you
May the Lord God bless you
May the Lord God
Bless you
May the Lord God bless you.

I guess it can be substituted with other words as long as it fits the measure. Such as this one which I learned since I was small:

Happy birthday to you
Ginamos kag monggo
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you.

Of course we got scolded at home and at school whenever we sang this version!

Something from a freelance writer

There are lots of interesting stuff to read in this blog called "The Ups, Downs and Sometimes Insane World of Freelance Writing". Today I opened it to read some stuff and to drop some ECs, and there is a post about one gospel song which I really like to sing. You can find it here. Hope you too will feel encouraged as you listen to it.

...Behold He comes riding on the clouds...

Reviewing music

As I shared in my other blogs, writing reviews has become a way of life for most of us. Particularly in writing about music - songs, instruments, singers, choirs, and the like, I remember writing about them even when I was in grade school and high school. I studied in a school which was run by nuns. So music as a major part of everyday life. And so in this music blog of mine I hope I can be writing reviews on things related to music. An opportunity has arisen when I visited LinkFromBlog.

If you have a blog and interested in getting paid for your posts, why not head on over there and see what it's all about.