Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas I want you to sing it this way." Although Ralph Blane is credited with writing the music for many of Martin's songs, Martin claimed in his autobiography that he wrote both music and lyrics to all of the songs in "Meet Me in St. Louis" and that "all of the so-called Martin and Blane songs, (except for Best Foot Forward), were written entirely by me (solo) without help from Ralph or anybody else." His explanation for allowing Blane equal credit for the songs was: "I was reasonably content to let him receive equal screen credit, sheet music credit, ASCAP royalties,
Wombling Merry Christmas songs'. In 2000, the song was used as part of a medley with Wizzard's 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday', creating 'I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day'. This song was described by Batt as a 'very silly record', however it proceeded to reach #22 in the UK Singles Chart, staying in the chart for 3 weeks. The song was prevented from reaching #1 by Mud's 'Lonely This Christmas' which (combined with a poor marketing campaign on behalf of The Wombles) 'more than halved' sales. The song is also widely believed to have prevented Ralph