how lame is that in english they only sing “happy birthday to you” repeatedly during the cake bit in birthday parties meanwhile in brasil we sing happy birthday wishing you happiness in this beloved date then another verse wishing god will grant you health and peace and that the angels will hopefully say amen to that then another verse just saying made up words that don’t make sense together like “big big hora hora rá tim bum” and then if you’re a kid we’ll sing an additional song predicting who you’re going to marry and everyone will shout your crush’s name to embarrass you and if you’re in my region of the country there’s two more additional songs where first we all raise our hands over you and wish god bathes you in his blessings and his love and then we finish the whole thing implying everyone in the party is going to fuck you in the ass
#i can’t speak because in spanish we are just as basic as the anglos 😔
no. not all of us. in Venezuela we have at least 12 verses before then doing the basic happy birthday, and a good third of those verses have optional flourishes and riffs that vary between regions and even between families. it’s very similar to what op described about Brazil (although Brazil as always goes the extra mile lmao), including an additional couple of verses after the first part but before the end where you go on a little silly rap joking about whatever current drama is up in the country or just generic dirty jokes even. and then there’s my mom who added a full accapela instrumental intro because she’s extra like that that we have been carrying on as a family tradition
Dont forget how in spanish we also have the complimentary song that wishes our little friend to be happy on their day, for god to bless them, for the peace to reign in their day, and for many more birthdays (so they can get retired)
Oh and the fact that the song has… The Evil Version which Evil kids will sing and feel Evil about and their family will tell them not to say that stuff
From where I’m from we just have the basic happy birthday song normally followed by the Happiness shall find it’s Home in You song, truly boring 😔