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 thumblin' 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 men'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
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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