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 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, with her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success.

    關於“祝你生日快樂”一歌是如何產生的故事
，一開始是件令人愉快的事，到後來就變了味
，令人很掃興。事情是這樣 的：有姐妹倆，一個叫瑪德裏德·希爾，路易思維爾市肯德基實驗幼兒園教師


，一個叫柏蒂·希爾
，該校的校長。姐妹 倆一道為兒童們譜寫了一首歌，歌名為“大家早上好”。瑪德裏德是當地讚美歌的專家
，再加上她的音樂天分
，又是當 地教堂的風琴師
，而且她姐姐在幼兒教育方麵也很有經驗，“大家早上好”一歌無疑是個巨大的成功。

    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 second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You."

    1893年
，兩姐妹發表了一部歌曲集，題名為“幼兒園的故事”。三十一年以後，在柏蒂·希爾出任哥倫比亞大學師範學院幼兒教育係係主任之後，一個名叫羅伯特·H·科爾曼的男士未經姐妹倆的允許，私自出版了這首歌，在這首歌後又加上了一段
，即大家熟悉的“祝你生日快樂”，這就構成了對姐妹倆的傷害和侮辱。科爾曼先生增加的第二段歌詞使這首歌很快就十分流行。

    Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to You," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, "Good Morning to All."

    最終

，姐妹倆的第一段歌詞消失了。“祝你生日快樂”，這首唯一的生日歌完全取代了姐妹倆原來的歌曲“大家早上好！”。

    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 proved 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.

    瑪德裏德於1916年nian逝shi世shi後hou，柏bai蒂di與yu其qi另ling一yi個ge妹mei妹mei傑jie西xi卡ka出chu麵mian將jiang科ke爾er曼man先xian生sheng告gao上shang了le法fa庭ting。在zai法fa庭ting上shang
，她ta們men證zheng明ming，實shi際ji上shang她ta們men擁yong有you這zhe首shou歌ge曲qu調tiao的de版ban權quan。由you於yu這zhe首shou歌ge曲qu的de法fa定ding版ban權quan屬shu於yu希xi爾er姐jie妹mei家jia，它ta便bian被bei賦fu予yu了le皇huang權quan，無wu論lun何he時shi這zhe首shou歌ge因yin商shang用yong目mu的de而er被bei唱chang的de時shi候hou，其qi皇huang權quan總zong是shi會hui受shou到dao保bao護hu的de。