Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer is bad, but check this one out!

It sure wasn't one of his best, but has a nice country beat.

Don what are you playing for country Hanukkah songs?

I don't know any Hanukkah songs, country or otherwise.

You should alt least have a1 or two tucked away just in case
..would hate to lose that $100.00 tip saying no to a customer request.

If that happens, I'll pull it up from YouTube.

In my 50 plus years on stage I've never had a request for one.

Back to the OP ...
Was Denver drunk when he wrote and recorded that???

"Given his ain't-life-somethin' reputation, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Denver didn't write "Please, Daddy…" himself. But the original songwriters weren't known for their pitch-black social realism either. The song is credited to Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, the then-married couple best known for fronting The Starland Vocal Band and penning the group's massive, nitrous-happy ode to daytime sex, "Afternoon Delight." It was Danoff and Nivert who first came up with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and, after deciding not to sell the song on to Johnny Cash, finished it with Denver.

And why did Denver record "Please, Daddy..." in the first place? He didn't seem to hate the holidays. Rocky Mountain Christmas is an almost nauseatingly family-friendly record, comprised mostly of standards like "Silent Night" and "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer." There's an earnest, adult-contemporary version of "Jingle Bells" towards the end. On the record, "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is sandwiched between "Silver Bells" and a more twinkly and romantic Denver original called "Christmas for Cowboys." Denver even starred in a Muppets TV special called A Christmas Together at the peak of his fame in 1979, and, because the internet isn't always all bad, the whole thing's been preserved on YouTube. This guy didn't just enjoy the holiday—he loved it enough to look adoringly at Fozzie Bear when he messed up his lines in "The 12 Days of Christmas."


There's no real answer here, no obvious reason why Denver decided to point to a broken home on this, a song he didn't write. There is, at least, a slightly less incongruous recording of the track languishing in his back catalog. The first-ever version was made for his 1973 LP, Farewell Andromeda. It's still locked into major chords, and the group chant in the chorus sounds more like a Christmas Eve singalong than a plea for a happy home. But the yodelling has disappeared and, using only acoustic instruments, Denver gets at a morsel of the anguish in the lyrics.


This one's slightly more reassuring than the Rocky Mountain Christmas recording and all of its dissonance between lyric and melody. Just don't play it at parties."

Quote from internet...

Thanks, Don ...

... Not a bad song, but a HORRIBLE version - we usually post this each year, for laughs. Get your tissues ready ...

OMG, that hurts.

Have we forgotten this one?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OjPm0o04lGE

hee, hee ... I actually like that one! Play it all season.

Me too, Dave. That's where my brand spankin' new kazoo comes in.

lol! I actually watched the whole thing. The last part is spectacular.

I know, right? I actually cry laughing. It almost hurts.

My two most hated Christmas songs are as follows:




Absolutely horrible songs.

Dominic the Donkey !!

I haven't listened to any Christmans music so far this year except when I played some at a dinner and yesterday had my hair cut and they had Siruis Radio "Soujlful Christmas" channel on. Not bad and at least different !

Agreed, DannyUK. That Pogues effort is, as the Irish might say, "shoyte".

My all time favorite Xmas song..

Wow - ALL TIME FAVORITE? Seriously? I understand the ethnic appeal, but it's a novelty song at best. At worst, it's ... well, Dominic the Donkey.

buon Natale!

Wrong again Dave...
My real name is Domenico and this is my favorite song baby....
I perform it all the time.....
if you knew the true meaning of Christmas in Italy you possibly would understand it.

Well, an opinion can't be wrong, but sorry if I poo poo'd on your favorite song. I'm quite sure I know the true meaning of Christmas, and I've never been to Italy.
Enjoy your namesake ... I don't even have a song with my name in it.

... well, there's that. lol At least it's better than that creepy birthday clown you always use.

I didn't know you are Italian Donny! So am I also! Domenico è un bel nome, in realtà uno dei miei artisti italiani preferiti si chiama Domenico Modugno!