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 Now I'm almost 8 as you can 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 wanna see my momma cry Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna 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 wanna see my momma cry 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 Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna see my momma cry No, I don't wanna see my momma cry