Credited on the record as Jimmy Neil (The Singin' Schoolteacher) and The Jimmy Neil Trio.
My Letter to Santa
1967 · Martin MR-101 · USA
- Artist
- Jimmy Neil
- Credited on the record as
- Jimmy Neil (The Singin' Schoolteacher) and The Jimmy Neil Trio
- Title
- My Letter to Santa
- Release
- My Letter to Santa / I Overlooked the Orchid
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Martin # MR-101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Jimmy Neil
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Jimmy Neil - also going under the name The Jimmy Neil Trio and The Singin' Schoolteacher released the track "My Letter to Santa" (Martin Records # MR-101), narrated from the perspective of a child (but actually sung by an adult - the schoolteacher). Not only did the child ask Santa to bring home his father for Christmas, but he also politely asked: "please end this long battle" and "make this the land of the free".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I just wrote my letter to Santa / Here is the list that I wrote / I asked him to bring home my daddy / Cause we love our dear daddy so / Our Christmas won't be very happy with daddy away / Don't you see oh Santa, please bring home my daddy / For we need our dear daddy so / Dear Santa, please end this long battle / Please make this the land of the free
Notes
Martin Records MR-101-A, BMI, time 2:19; "My Letter to Santa" (J. Neil); Jimmy Neil (The Singin' Schoolteacher) and The Jimmy Neil Trio; produced by Charles Mikelson, arranged by Jimmy Martin. Green label. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Christmas Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]