A Letter to Santa Clause
1969 · Spots 13351 · USA
- Artist
- Mike Tuttle
- Title
- A Letter to Santa Clause
- Release
- A Letter to Santa Clause / Can Johnny Come Over for Christmas
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Spots # 13351
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Mike Tuttle
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The track "A Letter to Santa Clause" (Spot Records # 13351), released in 1969 by another obscure, unknown artist, also asked Santa Clause (similar to "Dear Mr. Santa Clause" by Chi Chi Wilson, discussed below) to send daddy home for Christmas as "he is fighting somewhere, way across the sea". The track does not actually mention Vietnam. Possible sung by a teenager or older child.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I don't want any toys like other girls and boys / Just send my daddy home to me / He's been gone since May, he is so far away / He is fighting somewhere, way across the sea / I always mentioned him every night in prayer / And prayed that when I awake he'll be standing there / When he left he told me to do the best I can / He said remember son, you're daddy's little man / Mother wrote and told him everything is alright / Then I heard her cry in the middle of the night / We all miss him so, why did he have to go / Just bring my daddy home to me
Notes
Spots Records, red label, Side 1 (PRP 13351), 45 RPM; "A Letter to Santa Clause" (Mike Tuttle), time 2:27, Clay Music BMI; arranged by Harry Neal. [From the record sleeve and labels]