I Wish I Was Santa Claus

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I Wish I Was Santa Claus

Studio album by Merle Haggard

Released

October 26, 2004

Length

30:55

Smith Music Group

Merle Haggard
Lou Bradley

Merle Haggard chronology

Ol' Country Singer: Live at Billy Bob's Texas
(2004)

I Wish I Was Santa Claus
(2004)

Chicago Wind
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

I Wish I Was Santa Claus is an Christmas album by American country music singer and songwriter Merle Haggard. This album was released on October 26, 2004 on the Smith Music Group label.

Track listing [edit]

"El Niño" (Moore, Willie Nelson) – 2:36
"I Wish I Were Santa Claus" (McDonald) – 2:33
"Christmas in Cabo San Lucas" (Colosio, Dyer, Joss, Williams) – 3:15
"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:18
"Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:16
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:15
"Blue Christmas" ([Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:46
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kent Gannon, James Gannon, Buck Ram) – 2:58
"Santa Claus & Popcorn" (Haggard) – 2:06
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:34
"Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:37
"If We Make It Through December" (Haggard) – 2:41

External links [edit]

Merle Haggard's Official Website

References [edit]

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The Strangers: Roy Nichols; Norman Hamlet; Biff Adam; Dennis Hromek; Bobby Wayne

Marcia Nichols

Eddie Burris

George French

Jerry Ward

Studio albums

Live albums

Okie from Muskogee
The Fightin' Side of Me
I Love Dixie Blues
Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium
The Epic Collection
Amber Waves of Grain
Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Ol' Country Singer
Live from Austin, TX
Live from Austin, TX '78

Gospel albums

The Land of Many Churches
Songs for the Mama That Tried
Cabin in the Hills
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)

Holiday albums

Merle Haggard's Christmas Present
Goin' Home for Christmas
Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph (with Willie Nelson)
I Wish I Was Santa Claus

The Strangers albums

Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers
Introducing My Friends The Strangers
Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers
Honky Tonkin'
Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...)

Singles

1960s	"Sing a Sad Song" "Sam Hill" "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can" "Swinging Doors" "The Bottle Let Me Down" "The Fugitive" "I Threw Away the Rose" "Branded Man" "Sing Me Back Home" "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" "Mama Tried" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "Hungry Eyes" "Workin' Man Blues" "Okie from Muskogee"

1970s	"The Fightin' Side of Me" "Street Singer" "Jesus, Take a Hold" "I Can't Be Myself" "Soldier's Last Letter" "Someday We'll Look Back" "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" "Carolyn" "Grandma Harp" "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" "The Emptiest Arms in the World" "Everybody's Had the Blues" "If We Make It Through December" "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" "Old Man from the Mountain" "Kentucky Gambler" "Always Wanting You" "Movin' On" "It's All in the Movies" "The Roots of My Raising" "Here Comes the Freedom Train" "Cherokee Maiden" "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" "Ramblin' Fever" "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" "From Graceland to the Promised Land" "Running Kind" "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" "It's Been a Great Afternoon" "The Way It Was in '51" "Red Bandana" "My Own Kind of Hat"

1980s – 1990s	"The Way I Am" "Misery and Gin" "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" "Leonard" "Rainbow Stew" "My Favorite Memory" "Big City" "Dealing with the Devil" "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" "Going Where the Lonely Go" "You Take Me for Granted" "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" "It's All in the Game" "That's the Way Love Goes" "Someday When Things Are Good" "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" "A Place to Fall Apart" "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans" "Kern River" "Amber Waves of Grain" "American Waltz" "I Had a Beautiful Time" "A Friend in California" "Out Among the Stars" "Almost Persuaded" "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" "Chill Factor" "We Never Touch at All" "You Babe" "5:01 Blues" "A Better Love Next Time" "If You Want to Be My Woman" "Broken Friend" "When It Rains It Pours" "In My Next Life"

Collaborations

Albums	Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens) A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson) Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones) Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price)

Singles	"Just Between the Two of Us" (with Bonnie Owens) "The Bull and the Beaver" with Leona Williams "Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) "Yesterday's Wine" (with George Jones) "C.C. Waterback" (with George Jones) "Reasons to Quit" (with Willie Nelson) "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) "We're Strangers Again" (with Leona Williams) "If I Could Only Fly" (with Willie Nelson) "That's the Way Love Goes" with (Jewel) "Wreck on the Highway" (with Chester Smith)

Guest appearances

"Street Singer" (by The Strangers)
"Willie" (by Hank Cochran)
"Walking the Floor Over You" (by Ernest Tubb)
"I Can't Hold Myself in Line" (by Johnny Paycheck)
"Lefty" (by David Frizzell)
"Same Old Train" (from Tribute to Tradition)
"Politically Uncorrect" (by Gretchen Wilson)

Compilations

The Best of Merle Haggard
Close-Up
The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard
Songs I'll Always Sing
Eleven Winners
The Way It Was in '51
Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
His Best
His Greatest and His Best
The Lonesome Fugitive
Untamed Hawk
Vintage Collections
Down Every Road
Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988
A&E Biography
16 Biggest Hits
For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits
Merle Haggard's Train Whistle Blues
20 Greatest Hits
David Allan Coe Presents
40 #1 Hits
The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard

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