It’s December again, and for those who want to liven up the holidays with some inappropriate Christmas carols, I have six I wrote from back in 2009.
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Written in the Second World War for the movie Doll Face in 1945, this song is not on any Perry Como collection for its political incorrectness towards the Japanese, so I’ve seen comments. Yes, but whatever. Look at the context of it written in World War II. War is over so get over it and have a laugh at the way we used to be cause if someone wrote such a song today, there’d probably be a lot of backlash rather than laughter!
Blossom Dearie has a very uniform identity of femininity, from her girlie name to her 50s June Cleaver looks to her pipsqueak of a voice that could hardly be heard from the second floor balcony, so it’s been written. She also chooses to sing very cutesy or romantic songs, among which Once Upon a Summertime (playable MP3) is my favourite, among her songs and all the other versions out there.
But one day, Blossom got the blues… and what nasty blues they were, too!
My name is Blossom
I was raised in a lion’s den
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