Singing the “Happy Birthday” song to a kid on their birthday is a pretty standard thing to do. One teacher added on to the song, though, and now some are saying she took it too far.
According to WFAA and 11 Alive, Kimberly Langston is a teacher at Floral Avenue Elementary in Bartow, Florida. She’s made it a tradition to sing “Happy Birthday” to any student who marks the special day in her class, but it quickly turned potentially sinister when Langston added a second verse to the song.
The teacher sang a birthday song that almost cost her job.
Legend Whitaker is one of the students in Langston’s class. He recently turned 6 years old, so Langston led the class in a round of the typical “Happy Birthday” song. After they finished, Langston asked Legend, “Would you like the funny song now that I sing to you?” Legend nodded.
“Happy birthday to you,” Langston sang. “You live in the zoo. You look like a monkey, and you smell like one, too.” Langston’s “funny” song elicited a few laughs before she instructed her class to clap for Legend’s birthday. Langston filmed the whole thing and sent it to Legend’s mom, Desarae Prather…