Birthday round

Rise Again:

Family

p. 61

First Line:

We wish you a happy birthday

Artist & Tune

Composed by:

William Shield

Reference

Genre:

traditional U.S., round

About the Song

Print source:

Rounds Galore

We tried hard to find out who wrote this wonderful birthday round, which has been often sung at contradances around the U.S. We believe it may have been written by William Shield. Please let us know if you have more accurate information on where this came from!

The first video below was taken at the Grange contradance hall in Greenfield MA - a destination contradance for people from across New England. The group is singing for Will who was the founder of the Downtown Amherst Contradance.

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