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: Yates, Musical Traditions site _Voice of the People suite_ "Notes - Volume 16" - 13.9.02)
EARLIEST DATE: 1978 (recording, Sam Bond)
KEYWORDS: Christmas humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
Roud #12927
RECORDINGS:
Sam Bond, "Where Does Father Christmas Go To?" (on Voice16)
NOTES [9 words]: Musical Traditions note has this song written in 1926. - BS
File: RcWDFCG
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