With similar chord patterns to other Hopkins' classics such as Bring Me My Shotgun and Awful Dreams it perfectly captures the signature sound of Hopkins, accompanied by his all to common darker undertone. He sings it with the same pained delivery that he used for all his songs; essentially he’s just...
[Verse 1]
Woah, you know Christmas time is coming now baby
Tell me, though, Santa Claus gon' come to you
Woah, you know Christmas time is coming now
Tell me, though, Santa Claus gon' come to you
You know I'm gon' send him my step-daughter and bring you a present
And do a little thing that you may want me to
[Verse 2]
Yeah, you know I went down Main Street in New York City
Ol' Santa Claus had a belt in his hand
Yes, you know I went down New York City I saw Santa Claus
He was standing down with a belt ringing in his hand
Why you know the poor children was running up hollering, "You gon' come to me Santy?"
He said, "Lil' girl please put something on Santy's hand"
[Verse 3]
Woah, and I happend to see these old people learning the young ones
Yeah just learning them exactly what to do
So sweet, it's so sweet to see these old people
Learning they old children just what to do
Mother said a million-year-ago Santa Claus come to me
Now this year he gon' come to you
[Verse 4]
My little sister said, "Take your stocking now
Hang it up on the head of the bed"
Talkin' to her friend she said, "Take your stocking
And please hang it up on head of the bed"
She said, "Know we all God's saint children
In the morning Ol' Santa Claus gon' see that we all is fed"
Santa was written by Bobby Robinson & Clarence Lewis & Lightnin’ Hopkins.
Santa was produced by Bobby Robinson.
Lightnin’ Hopkins released Santa on Sat Jan 01 1966.