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Also called '''The SCA Birthday Song, The Mongolian Birthday Song, The SCA Birthday Dirge, The Viking Birthday Song''' and '''The Barbarian Birthday Song'''.  It was originally created by Harald of Breakstone, [[Steven MacEanruig]] and Stefan de Lorraine for Don Segundo Sombre de Muerte Christiano before the [[SCA]] was founded.  It was introduced by [[James Greyhelm]] to [[Martin the Temperate]] and [[Robear du Bois]] who promptly added their unique touch.  It went viral even before the Internet was available as a vehicle to do so.  One of the attractions is the open ended nature of the song, inviting people to write their own verses for it.

== Mongolian Birthday Song ==
To the tune of Volga Boatman

:Happy Birthday (Grunt)
:Happy Birthday (Grunt)

 
:Death, destruction and despair,
:People dying everywhere
:Happy Birthday (Grunt)
:Happy Birthday (Grunt) 


:May the candles on your cake,
:Burn like cities in your wake
:Happy Birthday (Grunt)
:Happy Birthday (Grunt) 


:Now that you're the age you are,
:Your demise cannot be far
:Happy Birthday (Grunt)
:Happy Birthday (Grunt) 


:Make the women wail and weep,
:Slay them all but spare the sheep
:Happy Birthday (Grunt)
:Happy Birthday (Grunt) 


== More Information ==
* [http://history.westkingdom.org/Year12/CalafiaMayDay.htm  The Origin of the Mongolian Birthday Song from The History of the Kingdom of The West]
* [http://eldwin.loveshade.org/music/scabirthdaysong.html The SCA Birthday Song] (with several different versions)
* [http://www.cloudnet.com/~renfest/dirge.htm More verses of the Song]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coIv4gwXlIo Volga Birthday on YouTube]

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