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 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 wanna see my Mamma cry Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas I don't wanna see my Mamma cry Mamma smiled, looked outside the window She told me, "Son, you better go upstairs" But then you laughed and hollered, "Merry Christmas" I turned around and saw my Mamma'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 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