[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
sweet one, that later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the
) @- T$ ?0 a1 ?Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the
8 Y: X* v9 L1 {5 Aprincipal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children,
  z+ @" @7 P2 R7 W% a" }entitled "Good Morning to All." When Mildred combined her musical talents, as
the resident expert on spiritual songs, and as the organist for her church,
$ P/ u  \8 ]& C7 X0 h0 |with her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good
& \+ G, D: m( s: GMorning to All" was sure to be a success.
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# S! c4 {: E4 Q  r　　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。
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" G* d: j0 g- j! c3 l　　The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of
the Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became
the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's
( ?2 n7 t* F+ I3 Y$ ]# lTeacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the
7 B: H" C( }0 A# Lsong, without the sisters' permission. To add insult to injury, he added a
4 o( \9 Q8 w5 p1 A, Msecond verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You."

& ~0 Q% \' G) o+ A3 X0 E　　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。
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　　Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and,
+ c  }( O1 W# k& H9 t0 Ueventually, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to
% {0 _0 ^& m$ }+ {9 W/ uYou," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters'
original title, "Good Morning to All."
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　　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！”。
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　　After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named
- v6 Q% `2 c3 B; a. Y& |0 hJessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they
  D" P( p4 b& {0 w$ `- jproved 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
9 u# b, _& ]) }2 p* ppurposes.
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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。