Happy birthday!

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: : Sung to the first refrain of "The Volga Boatmen," composed by Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930) : THE BIRTHDAY DIRGE : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Doom and gloom and dark despair : People dying everywhere! : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : May the candles on your cake : Burn like cities in your wake. : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Your servants steal, your wife's untrue : Your children plot to murder you : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Burn the castle and storm the keep : Kill the women, but save the sheep : For your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Birthdays come but once a year : Marking time as Death draws near : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Now you've aged another year : Now you know that Death is near : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Now that you're the age you are : Your demise cannot be far : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Black Death has just struck your town : You yourself feel quite run-down : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Burn, then rape by firelight : Add _romance_ to life tonight : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Indigestion's what you get : From the enemies you 'et : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : We love children, yes we do : Baked or broiled or in a stew : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : May your deeds with sword and axe : Equal those with sheep and yaks : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : This one lesson you must learn : First you pillage, then you burn : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : While you eat your birthday stew : We will loot the town for you, : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : We brought linen, white as cloud : The women sit and sew your shroud : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : Just be glad the friends you've got : Haven't found out you-know-what : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : I'm a leper, can't you see : Have a birthday kiss from me : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : It's your birthday never fear : You'll be dead this time next year : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : So far Death you have bypassed : Don't look back, he's gaining fast : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : You must marry very soon : Baby's due by next full moon : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : : It's your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!) : When you've reached this age you know : That the mind is first to go : On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)

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