# Songs about people (besides Santa Claus) coming to town **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849 "2007-12-13T13:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/1 "2007-12-13T13:56:41Z")
I.E.: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy From the edge of the world to your town. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/2 "2007-12-13T14:04:47Z")
Hey hey, we’re the Monkees You never know where we’ll be found So you better get ready We may be comin’ to your town! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/3 "2007-12-13T14:19:59Z")
_New kid in town_ - The Eagles _Downtown_ - Petula Clark _When Love Comes to Town_ - U2 and B. B. King. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/4 "2007-12-13T14:20:44Z")
_The Easter Bunny is Coming to Town_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/5 "2007-12-13T14:23:54Z")
**Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town** - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition **Don’t Take Your Guns to Town** - Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/6 "2007-12-13T14:34:05Z")
Thin Lizzy - The boys are back ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/7 "2007-12-13T14:37:34Z")
We’re an American band We come into your town. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/8 "2007-12-13T14:39:32Z")
Coming into Los Angeles 30,000 Pounds of Bananas ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/9 "2007-12-13T14:44:35Z")
_ **New York, New York** , a helluva town. The Bronx is up, but the Battery’s down. The people ride in a hole in the groun’. New York, New York, it’s a helluva town!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/10 "2007-12-13T14:47:35Z")
Yankee Doodle _went_ to town, riding on a pony. Also, The Boys are Back in Town. Chet Atkins: \*Keep me going on until the next time I’m in town Though I won’t be back here for a while \* ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/11 "2007-12-13T14:51:12Z")
The Wells Fargo wagon’s coming down the street. ( **Music Man** ) Your own worst enemy has come to town. ( **Springsteen** - “Your Own Worst Enemy”) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/12 "2007-12-13T14:56:02Z")
**iron Man** ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/13 "2007-12-13T15:04:52Z")
_Who do you think is comin to town Youll never guess who Lovable, hugable emily brown Miss brown to you_ _No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown. Two left feet, but oh, so neat has Sweet Georgia Brown. They all sigh and wanna die for Sweet Georgia Brown, I’ll tell you just why, you know I don’t lie (not much!). It’s been said she knocks 'em dead when she lands in town. Since she came why it’s a shame how she’s cooled 'em down. Fellas that she can’t get Must be fellas that she ain’t met. Georgia claimed her, Georgia named her, Sweet Georgia Brown._ I’m sure there’s lots more, but there’s two off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/14 "2007-12-13T15:09:24Z")
There’s a line about it in “We Are The Altar Boyz” in the Altar Boyz musical. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/15 "2007-12-13T15:13:38Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] _No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown. Two left feet, but oh, so neat has Sweet Georgia Brown. They all sigh and wanna die for Sweet Georgia Brown, I’ll tell you just why, you know I don’t lie (not much!). It’s been said she knocks 'em dead when she lands in town. Since she came why it’s a shame how she’s cooled 'em down. Fellas that she can’t get Must be fellas that she ain’t met. Georgia claimed her, Georgia named her, Sweet Georgia Brown._ [/QUOTE] Dammit, now I’m whistling the Harlem Globetrotters song. :mad: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/16 "2007-12-13T15:33:04Z")
**Dora Goes to Town** - Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire Ok, it’s about someone GOING to town but clearly, to the people IN town, she is coming - no? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/17 "2007-12-13T15:35:39Z")
Tony Carey- A Fine Fine Day- (uncle somebody) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/18 "2007-12-13T15:55:11Z")
Petula Clark went _Downtown_ and the Pogues had a _Dirty Old Town_ even The Jam knew about _A Town Called Malice_. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/19 "2007-12-13T16:17:25Z")
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have _Tupelo_: > [@](#): > > Looka yonder! Looka yonder! > Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! > O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo. and _When I First Came To Town_ > [@](#): > > When I first came to town > All the people gathered round > They bought me drinks > Lord, how they quickly changed their tune ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-people-besides-santa-claus-coming-to-town/429849/20 "2007-12-13T16:21:40Z")
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