ID: 47
Date: 1960s-2006
Title: Happy birthday
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Parody 
Rhyme: 

Happy birthday to you,
You're one hundred and two,
You look like a monkey,
And you smell (act) like one too.

(Waiuku, 2000; Ashburton, 2005; Ashburton, 2006)

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Happy birthday to you 
Happy birthday to you,, 
You look like a monkey, (pig)
And you act (smell)  like one too.

(Auckland, 1970s; Wellington, 1970s; Christchurch, 1970s; Rotorua, 2002;  Kaitaia, 1990s; Papakura, 1990s; Hamilton, 2005;  Christchurch,2005)

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Happy birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew, 
You look like a monkey,
And you eat (smell )like one too!

(Auckland, 1960s x 2; Nelson, 2000; Outram, 2000; Auckland, 2001; Ashburton, 2005)

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Happy birthday to you,
Stick your head down the loo,
Don't waste it,
Just taste it,
Happy birthday to you.

(Upper Hutt, 1990s; Waiuku, 2000; Northland, 2000)

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Happy birthday to me,(you)
Happy birthday to me,
I'm 103, (102) I still go to kindy,
And I can't count to three. (two).

(Upper Hutt, 2000; Palmerston North, 2000; Greytown, 2002)

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Happy birthday to you,
You were born in the zoo.
You were born with the monkeys,
And you look like one too.

(Auckland, 1967; Auckland, 1970s; Wellington, 1970s)

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Happy birthday to you,
Tell me, tell me true,
1, 2, 3, 4.. (skipping)
Happy birthday to you.

(Christchurch, 2000)

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Happy birthday to you,
I went to the zoo,
I saw a fat lady,
And I thought it was you.

(Auckland, 1999)

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Background Info: Opie, 1967:301:

Happy birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
Eggs and bacon for breakfast,
Happy birthday to you.

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Keywords: occasional custom, bawdy, 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 6 
Incidence: 28