The Birthday Song (Death March) - Lyrics - Victory At Sea

Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952â1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded and sold as record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segmentsâSunday afternoons at 3pm in most marketsâstarting on October 26, 1952 and ending on May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy award in 1954 as "best public affairs program", played an important part in establishing historic "compilation" documentaries as a viable television genre.

Today it's your birthday, girl, so... We're gonna have a good time, girl. I'm gonna come and visit. You said you'd like a visit In my dreams last night. I'm gonna do a death march. I'm gonna do the dead's jig. I'm gonna do your resting shot. Then I'm gonna do another shot. You just supply the graveyard. But wait a minute... I'm dancing on your grave. You're turning in your grave. I'm rocking on your grave. You're rolling in your grave. We'll sing happy birthday. Not your usual birthday song. It goes a little something like this, This birthday you won't miss. Even though you're six feet under, I'm here with you birthday gifts. It's your birthday song. It's a death march. Happy birthday.