The song peaked at #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. I had no idea it was a cover originally recorded by blues singer Charles Brown in 1960. It peaked at #76 on Billboards Hot 100 chart in 1961. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine seasons, hitting #1 in 1972.
Please Come Home For Christmas
Bells will be ringing this sad sad news
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
My baby’s gone I have no friends
To wish me greetings once again
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
My baby’s gone I have no friends
To wish me greetings once again
Choirs will be singing “Silent Night”
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas
Please come home for Christmas
If not for Christmas by New Years night
Friends and relations send salutations
Sure as the stars shine above
But this is Christmas yes Christmas my dear
The time of year to be with the ones you love
So won’t…
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Free Fallin' 
I’ll take the Charles Brown version.
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