Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk this Christmas)

Please daddy, don’t get drunk this Christmas, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.

Please daddy, don’t get drunk this Christmas, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.

Just last year when I was only seven, now I’m almost eight as you can see.

You came home a quarter past eleven, fell down underneath our Christmas tree.

Please daddy, don’t get drunk this Christmas, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.

Please daddy, don’t get drunk this Christmas, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.

Mama smiled and looked outside the window. She told me, “Son, you better get upstairs.”

Then you laughed and hollered “Merry Christmas.” I turned around and saw my mama’s tears.

Please daddy, don’t get drunk this Christmas, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.

Please daddy, don’t get drunk this Christmas, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.

No, I don’t wanna see my mama cry.