[转帖] Happy Birthday 生日快乐歌的起源

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The story of how the song "Happy Birthday to You" came to be, began as a
, W4 x* i( Q) J6 Z  tsweet one, that later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the
7 r  N$ F& N! D# O  b; y9 YLouisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the
- b5 W9 a$ F7 D1 ?principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children,
' u6 B0 G% m% t: t3 Rentitled "Good Morning to All." When Mildred combined her musical talents, as
the resident expert on spiritual songs, and as the organist for her church,
" C( ^6 P8 ]1 O8 `with her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good
7 ?! x7 }; a6 p* ?" iMorning to All" was sure to be a success.

/ I6 B* j3 p5 M2 [4 `  {+ f　　关于“祝你生日快乐”一歌是如何产生的故事，一开始是件令人愉快的事，到后来就变了味，令人很扫兴。事情是这样 的：有姐妹俩，一个叫玛德里德·希尔，路易思维尔市肯德基实验幼儿园教师，一个叫柏蒂·希尔，该校的校长。姐妹 俩一道为儿童们谱写了一首歌，歌名为“大家早上好”。玛德里德是当地赞美歌的专家，再加上她的音乐天分，又是当 地教堂的风琴师，而且她姐姐在幼儿教育方面也很有经验，“大家早上好”一歌无疑是个巨大的成功。

$ \* b$ P2 P& ]7 F2 F2 C* S　　The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of
- T/ A8 v- d' ^& F8 k  Lthe Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became
the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's
' J- H2 W+ T3 U! p. ETeacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the
song, without the sisters' permission. To add insult to injury, he added a
& h* L2 W" S) ?% M/ Nsecond verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You."
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, K3 x! Z+ @4 w5 H2 T7 }　　1893年，两姐妹发表了一部歌曲集，题名为“幼儿园的故事”。三十一年以后，在柏蒂·希尔出任哥伦比亚大学师范学院幼儿教育系系主任之后，一个名叫罗伯特·H·科尔曼的男士未经姐妹俩的允许，私自出版了这首歌，在这首歌后又加上了一段，即大家熟悉的“祝你生日快乐”，这就构成了对姐妹俩的伤害和侮辱。科尔曼先生增加的第二段歌词使这首歌很快就十分流行。

　　Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and,
4 E8 z+ p9 [2 [/ \3 oeventually, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to
/ K* I' d" @/ F9 |5 ]You," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters'
3 T& h  H" L7 Z) x" d' v# n6 eoriginal title, "Good Morning to All."

　　最终，姐妹俩的第一段歌词消失了。“祝你生日快乐”，这首唯一的生日歌完全取代了姐妹俩原来的歌曲“大家早上好！”。

1 k  E! ]! ]4 G% l3 K& O$ e& @$ P* G　　After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named
6 v) g5 r5 U6 fJessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they
2 L  O' ?$ K- ~/ U* p0 V  bproved that they, indeed, owned the melody. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial
purposes.
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　　玛德里德于1916年逝世后，柏蒂与其另一个妹妹杰西卡出面将科尔曼先生告上了法庭。在法庭上，她们证明，实际上她们拥有这首歌曲调的版权。由于这首歌曲的法定版权属于希尔姐妹家，它便被赋予了皇权，无论何时这首歌因商用目的而被唱的时候，其皇权总是会受到保护的。