Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Po' Folks Christmas , by - Bill Anderson. Release date: 26.10.2014
Song language: English
Po' Folks Christmas |
| There’s a whole lotta people lookin' down their noses at me |
| 'Cause I didn’t come from a wealthy family |
| I guess I learned to take it for most of the year |
| But every December when Christmas drew near |
| And all the other families were out spreadin' cheer |
| We was sittin' home being po' folks |
| Our Christmas shopping was thumbin' through the new catalog |
| Lookin' and a wishin' and a wantin' everything we saw |
| Little toy trains and little toy boats |
| And sister kept lookin' at the little girl’s coats |
| We all sat down and wrote Santa a note |
| But Santa don’t come to see po' folks |
| And we wadn’t nothing but po' folks |
| Po' folks livin' way in the country |
| We never heard the jingle of the jingle bells |
| Ho, ho, ho, we was po, po. |
| po' |
| And if we had Christmas well we just made it ourselves |
| Daddy took a hatchet and daddy chopped a pine tree down |
| The only decorations were the ones we made or found |
| Brother saw some holly in the rich man’s yard |
| He picked it up fast and ran home hard |
| And mama knew he stole it but bless her heart |
| Christmas ain’t easy on po' folks |
| And it ain’t no time for whipping po' folks |
| I remember one Christmas it was blowing |
| And a snowing mean |
| Wadn’t nothing in the kitchen |
| But a few of mama’s homecanned beans |
| Some ladies from the church brought a basket of food |
| Mama kinda smiled and she said that’s good |
| But why don’t you all just take it to the folks |
| That live down the road |
| They ain’t got as much as we do, huh |
| Why they’re just po' folks |
| She only kept a chicken and enough |
| To make some homemade bread |
| But you’d’ve thought we was feastin' |
| From the blessings that my daddy said |
| And later when kids was tucked in tight |
| And the fire wadn’t nothin' but a flickering light |
| You oughta heard my mama sing Silent Night |
| Cause that’s what you do when you’re po' folks |
| And we wadn’t nothin' but po' folks |
| Christmas time when you’re po' folks |
| The Lord sure must’ve loved us po' folks ha, ha |
| He made a passel of us |
| Everybody at my house was po' folks |
| Why most of the time we was po' |
| We couldn’t even pay attention, mercy |
| Christmas time when you’re po' folks… |