Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my mama cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to 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 And fell down underneath our Christmas tree Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my mama cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my mama cry Instrumental Mama smiled and looked outside the window She told me, son, you better go 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 want to see my mama cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my mama cry Everybody sing now Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my mama cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my mama cry I don't want to see my mama cry Outro