Christmas Countdown - Day 5 - "The Winter Waltz"

As we hit Day 4 of our Christmas Countdown, we have another seasonal song, "The Winter Waltz" from 1935!

Here's Al Donahue's band with vocalist Barry McKinley on Decca Records:

Al Donahue always had a good-sounding band. On the sweet side, but not in an overly stylized manner!

A fascinating contrast comes in the person of South African guitarist Len Fillis, who cut this instrumental version of the song in early 1936:

Kind of like a Britishy Roy Smeck?