Nigerian Children's Group Heavenly Kingdom Kids - "Birth Day" (video & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a video of the Nigerian children's Gospel group Heavenly Kingdom Kids singing "Birth Day".

The lyrics for this song are included in this post from the video sub-titles. Additions and corrections are welcome for my transcription of those sub-titles.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, religious, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights rights remain with their owners.

My thanks to the composer of these song*. Thanks also to Heavenly Kingdom Kids and to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

*Two websites that I've found note that the composer of this song is Udoezi Cynthia (Cynthia Udoezi?)

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS : Birth Day - Hervenly Kingdom Kids



CHORDSvision Page, Published on Mar 20, 2013
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"Hervenly" is probably a misspelling of the English word "Heavenly".

12/8/2016 - I changed the title of this post to the corrected spelling.

Note that this song ends at 4:32 in this video. The video then starts again from the beginning without sound.

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LYRICS: BIRTH DAY
(as sung by Hervenly Kingdom Kids)

Chorus
It's a happy day.
Ah ha
It's a happy day.
Oo hoo
It's a happy day.
I will rejoice and praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord

It's a happy day.
Aa haa
It's a happy day.
Oo hoo
It's a happy day.
For it's my birthday.
Another year has come.

Rejoice and praise the Lord.
It's a happy day.
Aa ha
It's a happy day.
Oo hoo
It's a happy day.
I will rejoice and praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord

repeat the chorus several times

Verse:
My mum is rejoicing with me.
Aa ha
My dad is rejoicing with me.
Oo hoo
It's my birhday. A great day in my life.
Rejoice and praise the Lord.

repeat entire verse

Chorus

Verse
Celebrate with me!
My brother celebrate with me.
My sister celebrate with me.
It's my birthday. A great day in my life.

repeat entire verse

Chorus

Verse
Rejoice with me!
My friends are rejoicing with me.
They are dancing with me.
It's my birthday. A great day in my life.

repeat entire verse

Chorus

Verse
Sweet mummy.
When I was in my mother's womb.
My mother suffered a lot.
She paid a price that no one could pay for me.
Sweet mummy.
Under the sun she was there.
Under the rain she was there.
Sweet mummy, you are the best in the whole world.

repeat entire verse

Chorus

Verse
Sweet daddy.
When my mother gave birth to me
My daddy suffered a lot.
He was there to make sure that I lived.
Sweet daddy.
Under the sun she was there.
Under the rain she was there.
Sweet daddy, you are the dearest in my heart.

repeat entire verse

Chorus

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