A Christmas song from 1924 Words and music by Charley Straight and Gus Kahn
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Chorus:
No money, no honey to buy a present for me
Nobody, no toddy to make things pleasant for me
Last night my stocking hung
Just like when I was young
But this morning there was vacancy
No mingling, no jingling of coin
No pickin’ on chicken or pork tenderloin
And soon I’ll hear the happy New Year chimes
That just means some more hard times
Bad luck, you’re hard to lose
I’ve got the Santa Claus blues
Chorus:
No money, no honey to buy a present for me
Nobody, no toddy to make things pleasant for me
Last night my stocking hung
Just like when I was young
But this morning there was vacancy
No mingling, no jingling of coin
No pickin’ on chicken or pork tenderloin
It seems to me that every now and then
The poor house pages me again
Bad luck, you’re hard to lose
I’ve got the Santa Claus blues