What happened to the 'happy birthday' part?" It turns out the publisher Warner/Chappell Music owns the copyright ... arguing it's part of the public domain — free for anyone to use.

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‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ is the brainchild of Mela, who penned the lyrics and created music for the song. ‘It was a tradition for me to compose a Christmas song for the students of ‘Riversheen School of ...