Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)

Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my Momma cry Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my Momma cry Just last year when I was only seven And now I'm almost eight, as you can see You came home at a quarter past eleven Fell down underneath our Christmas tree Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my Momma cry Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my Momma cry Momma 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 Momma's tears Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my Momma cry Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't want to see my Momma cry No, I don't want to see my Momma cry