Overshadowed nowadays by a far more ubiquitous cover, Doye O'Dell’s rendition of “Blue Christmas” was still the first, having been dropped in 1948. Far more saccharine and country-western than well, ‘Blue’, O'Dell’s version is perhaps for someone looking for a slightly less melodramatic take on what...
[Verse 1]
I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing, dear, if you're not here with me
[Verse 2]
I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurting
You'll be doing all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
[Verse 3]
And when those blue snowflakes start falling
That's when those blue memories start calling
You'll be doing all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
Blue Christmas was written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson.
Doye-odell released Blue Christmas on Sat Dec 25 1948.