Posted on 11/12/2017 6:21:14 PM PST by marktwain
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About 36 or 37 years ago, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I recall hearing a Christmas song over the radio. I would like to find it again.
It was a rendition of Santa Clause is Coming to Town, but with a significant twist. In the story line, Santa is mugged, and when he comes back, he comes prepared.
As I recall, Santa comes to town armed with a .45.
There are plays on "He knows who has been naughty and nice".
I recall a memorable line about the reindeer. Something like trample, trample, trample.
I do not know if the song had much of a shelf life. I only heard it the one year, around 1981.
Someone out there knows of it, and has a copy, or knows where to get one.
I would appreciate finding a copy online, or failing that, some way to make an audio file and post it online.
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Afro man is coming to town?
Thanks, but that link is in the article.
Thanks for the song, but it is not the one I am looking for.
Someone has it, or knows of it.
Sounds like a good idea to tell the kids why no presents. Santa got mugged.
Weird that al yankovic, the night santa went crazy.
No, not it.
The song I am looking for is Santa defending himself, not attempting to commit mass murder.
has lyrics that might fit but says to put it to a regular tune "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"...
Didn't see a place where they had it actually played.
Those lyrics are a lot closer, but in the song I am looking for, Santa never shot the reindeer, they were part of his team.
Santa never shot innocents, just those who had abused him.
It played on the radio, in at least Madison, Wisconsin, probably on WKOW.
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