Where Does Father Christmas Go To?
DESCRIPTION: We know about Mary and her lamb, servant girl Maria blown through the roof, Burglar Bill of Pentonville on the scaffold, the rich man on the Continent and the poor man on the dole. But [chorus] "where does Father Christmas go to in the summertime?"
AUTHOR: Fred Schuff (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: Christmas humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Where does Father Christmas go to?"
Roud #12927
RECORDINGS:
Sam Bond, "Where Does Father Christmas Go To?" (on Voice16)
File: RcWDFCG
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