Birthday Pennies
Author: Joanne Bushman Doxey
Composer: Joanne Bushman Doxey
Languages (17)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Danish: Fødselsdagspenge
- Dutch: Verjaardagsdubbeltjes
- English: Birthday Pennies
- Finnish: Ei kaikki pienet lapset
- French: Quelques sous
- German: Geburtstagsbeitrag
- Icelandic: Lítinn hlut ég glaður gef
- Italian: Un pensiero nel giorno di compleanno
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Mandarin (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Norwegian: Jeg hjelpe vil de svake
- Portuguese: Minhas Moedinhas
- Samoan: Pene O Le Asofanau
- Spanish: Monedas de cumpleaños
- Swedish: Födelsedagspengar
- Tongan: Seniti ho ʻAho Faʻeleʻi
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Most common tunes for “Birthday Pennies”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “Birthday Pennies” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1965 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI?)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: The Children’s Friend (1902–1970), Feb 1965.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
I like to give my pennies When birthday time is here For children who can’t run and play; They need my help each year.