Christmas Blues

Dean Martin recorded this song, but I don't know much more about it than that. If you know who wrote it, please let me know. I performed it with fingerpicks on my maple National ukulele. The photos at the opening and closing are of Boswell, the Clown, with Olivia and her dad, on Granville Island.

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• ukulele
• National
• Dean
• Martin
• music
• Christmas
• blues
• clown
• Jimmy
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• Clown

[kmc56]

Written by Sammy Cahn and David Holt.

[RoyalFool]

Thanks for telling me that!

Sammy Cahn was such a wonderful lyricist. I perform two songs by him already; Bei Mir Bist du Shoen, and It's Magic, so I am glad to know it's a hat trick.

[keonepax]

A really great performance! What's that hanging on the right side? Looks like some kind of odd ukulele...

[RoyalFool]

Thanks, John. It's my NS Design Wav 4 String Bass neck. I'd love to learn how to play string bass, someday...

[ROLLitOVERmySOUL87]

right on dude...that was awesome 5/5

[jbdris]

It may just be the season, but I really enjoy this song the best of all I've heard from you so far!!! Hey where is that CD??Joan (in snowy southern Alta)

[Kwanlihuen]

Thanks, James, for "Christmas Blues" you sing on Ukulele. I heard 90% of the lyric words: clear enunciation good for English-as-a-second-language students whose English hearing is not that of a native speaker's. I may send it to my ESL students in Hong Kong. Hope it will not make them 'blue' at Christmas, but learn some real English. I have a "Silent Night" in Cantonese, lyrics written by me! I can send it to you: any Cantonese Chinese can sing it for you. Cheers! Kwan

[alextheyankeehater]

Jim - that was beautiful. What a sad song...made me cry. Add this one to your CD I am waiting for.

Cousin Eleanor

[ophelia990]

Wow James you just get better and better. Nice deep vibrato going on and of course you break my heart as always...something about tears of a clown! Love ya, Pam (ukulele lady)

[krabbers]

cool