[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
2 e1 {+ w3 r. Y" Q( G- u5 q& M1 [sweet one, that later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the
Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the
principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children,
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,
0 G- `# {# h' |! }" t9 C+ E' C9 x% F+ Awith her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good
Morning to All" was sure to be a success.

　　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。

4 {" R; P4 t3 B- m4 \. S9 B　　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
Teacher 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
0 x5 M# r' G; u; v8 F# W( F: j+ M7 b7 Nsecond verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You."

* {% _& J$ Y+ Z& H3 k- `1 h1 d7 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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: r2 m& n1 ?7 }' H$ l1 s4 b　　Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and,
6 a6 l$ v* F5 I5 R5 w! beventually, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to
1 f* N  R9 U& m' {5 RYou," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters'
original title, "Good Morning to All."

1 l+ l2 \" c0 z" n2 ]( q　　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！”。

) S# ~4 t, ~* w; Z2 j　　After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named
Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they
( ^1 ~! @3 f7 u" cproved 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.

　　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。