Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Momma cry
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Momma cry
Just last year when I was only seven
And now I'm almost eight, as you can see
You came in at quarter past eleven
Fell down underneath the Christmas tree
Say, please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Momma cry
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Momma cry
Momma smiled, looked outside the window
She told me, "Son, you better go upstairs"
Then you laughed and hollered, "Merry Christmas"
I turned around to see my Momma's tears
I said, please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Momma cry
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Momma cry
Said, I don't wanna see my Momma cry