Birthday Greetings

[akirlu]

Funny, my spider-sense was tingling this morning saying, "hmm, today is a significant birthday." And, sure enough:

Happy Birthday, tnh!

I'm crap with Old English, but:

Ja må hon leva, ja må hon leva
ja må hon leva uti hundrade år!

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Now, the Swedes will pile on to correct my spelling: "Ja må hon leva..."

*sigh*

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Actually, I couldn't stand to leave the spelling wrong once I spotted it. Which, in a birthday wish to tnh seems only appropriate, really.

[jophan.livejournal.com]

Ja visst ska hon leva, ja visst ska hon leva,
ja visst ska hon leva uti hundrade år!

Hon leve: Hurra! Hurra! Hurra! Hurra!

:-D

[jophan.livejournal.com]

I've gotten used to it, but it has never been my type of humour. I've always found it malplacée and tasteless.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Either this is a variant that hadn't been interpolated in when I was a kid, or I never got invited to That Kind of birthday party...

[jophan.livejournal.com]

It's sung at virtually every birthday party now. Most people think it's entertaining. I first heard it in the late 70s, which would explain why you've never heard it.

Och när hon har levat, och när hon har levat,
och när hon har levat uti tusende år,
ja då ska hon skjutas, ja då ska hon skjutas,
ja då ska hon skjutas i en skottkärra fram.

Harmless but one is better off without it.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that seems to fall into the category of "Funny once...maybe."