“ If You're Happy and You Know It ” is an American children's song . The date of the first publication in English is unknown [1] , but the song appeared somewhere in the middle of the 20th century [2] .
The author of the text of the first couplet is usually considered Alfred B. Smith (1916-2001) [3] [4] , the remaining couplets are folk [3] [2] . There are also suggestions that the song “If You're Happy and You Know It” has its roots in the Latvian folk song [5] [6] [7] . In addition, her resemblance to the song “Youth” from the 1938 Soviet film “ Volga, Volga ” (composer Isaak Dunaevsky ) was noticed [1] .
Text
As usual for children's songs, its lyrics have different versions. One of the popular versions starts like this:
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Other popular Russian versions of the song begin “If you like it, then do it this way”, “If you have fun, do this”
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 If You're Happy and You Know It - Famous Nursery Rhymes . Groove Kid Nation. Date of treatment March 19, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Jurunn Egeland. Her er sannheten om 11 barnesanger (Nor.) . SiDE2 (April 15, 2015). Date of treatment March 19, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Iza Trapani. Rufus and Friends: School Days . - Charlesbridge Publishing, 2010. - P. 35–. - ISBN 978-1-58089-248-3 .
- ↑ Edgar K. DeJean. A Belief System from Beyond the Box . - Author House, 2009-04-29. - P. 69–. - ISBN 978-1-4520-4468-2 .
- ↑ The Oxford Handbook of Music Education . - OUP USA, 2012-09-13. - P. 236–. - ISBN 978-0-19-973081-0 .
- ↑ Maria Ramey. Group Music Activities for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities . - Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011 .-- P. 34–. - ISBN 978-1-84905-857-5 .
- ↑ Ace Collins. Music for Your Heart: Reflections from Your Favorite Songs and Hymns . - Abingdon Press, 2013. - P. 1–. - ISBN 978-1-4267-6727-2 .
Links
- “If You're Happy and You Know It” - Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video on YouTube
(with subtitles including in Russian) - “If You're Happy And You Know It Action Song 2” - Music Factory Music Channel on YouTube
- “If You're Happy and You Know It!” - Barefoot Books YouTube Channel
- “If you like it, then do it.”
- “If you have fun, do so.”