One, and two, and one Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna see my mamma cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna see my mamma cry Just last year when I was only seven And I'm almost eight as you can plainly 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 mamma cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna see my mamma cry Mamma smiled and looked outside the window She told me, "Son, you'd 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 mamma cry Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna see my mamma cry No, I don't wanna see my mamma cry