CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S BLUES
(Irving)

Christmas is on me. New Year's will follow soon. (2x)
My Santa has quit me. That's why you'll hear me croon.

I hung up my stocking and I went straight to bed. (2x)
But when I woke up Christmas morning, thought I had an aching head.

I won't eat no turkey 'cause I ain't got a cent. (2x)
The landlord will put me out if I don't pay my rent.

New Year's, please tell me, what kind of love will you bring? (2x)
If I can't make it, my body sure will swing.

Christmas is on me, and I'm all alone.
Christmas is on me. Here I am all alone.
Oh, will some Santa help me and hear my lonesome moan?

Christmas is on me. People, how can I refuse?
Christmas is on me. Lord, how can I refuse?
If I don't get it by Christmas, I'll have the New Year's blues.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1934. JTD]