Merry Christmas Baby (I'm Coming Home)
1968 · Pompeii 45-66687 · Dallas, Texas
- Artist
- Floyd Dakil
- Title
- Merry Christmas Baby (I'm Coming Home)
- Release
- Merry Christmas Baby (I'm Coming Home) / One Girl
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Pompeii # 45-66687
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Floyd Dakil
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Texan musician Floyd Dakil released the song "Merry Christmas Baby (I'm Coming Home)" (Pompeii Records # 45-66687) which fits into the patriotic war song category. Narrated from the perspective of the soldier, Dakil sung that "men must die that freedom might live".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I sending you all my love / And I'm hoping your Christmas isn't blue / And I'm wishing that I were home with you / Merry Christmas baby, I'm all alone / Life if dreary baby, so far from home / But men must die that freedom might live / And at Christmas time it is better to give / Night are long, days are too / When a love so strong is so very far from you / Merry Christmas baby, tears in my eyes / Oh how I miss you baby, you can't realise / But I'm coming home, I'm coming home / If it takes a million years I'm coming home
Notes
Pompeii 45-66687 (PP-15618 SP), white label marked "Plug Side"; "Merry Christmas Baby (I'm Coming Home)" (Floyd Dakil), vocal, 3:08, Pub. Pompeii, BMI; produced by Darrell Glenn; "Dist. by Atco, Div. of Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 B'way, N.Y., N.Y.". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 16 June 1945, Texas, USA. Died 24 April 24, 2010
Themes
In collections
Christmas Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]