Daddy Won't Be Home for Christmas
Mockingbird MR-1004 · Wilmington, North Carolina
- Artist
- Two & a Half
- Title
- Daddy Won't Be Home for Christmas
- Release
- Christmas Lullaby / Daddy Won't Be Home for Christmas
- Label
- Mockingbird # MR-1004
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
- Songwriter
- Harfoush, Johnson
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "Daddy Won't Be Home for Christmas" (Mockingbird Records # MR-1004) by Two and a Half and The Minutemen - released by Coastal Carolina Music, Wilmington, North Carolina - took a patriotic stance, as well as looking at the plight of a soldier's family, missing him during Christmas time. Narrated from the mother's perspective, she explained to the children that "he's busy helping others who are fighting to stay free", and that many children in Vietnam "have no mom or dad". The mother said that the day he returned to the US would "be our Christmas day". The chorus at the end of the song sounds like a group of children.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Children on Record
The song "Daddy Won't Be Home for Christmas" (Mockingbird Records # MR-1004) by Two and a Half and The Minutemen - released by Coastal Carolina Music, Wilmington, North Carolina - took a patriotic stance, as well as looking at the plight of a soldier's family, missing him during Christmas time. Narrated from the mother's perspective, she explained to the children that "he's busy helping others who are fighting to stay free", and that many children in Vietnam "have no mom or dad". The mother said that the day he returned to the US would "be our Christmas day". The chorus at the end of the song sounds like a group of children. Released around 1967-68?
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the full billing is "Two & A Half With The Minutemen": "Christmas Lullaby" / "Daddy Won't Be Home For Christmas" (Mockingbird Records MR-1004, 1966; standard and promo pressings). The backing credit has no connection to the 1980s punk Minutemen. No biography for either act was located. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
In collections
Children on Record · Christmas Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs