(*) Only Strum Three Times
Intro
Verse 1
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's Sittin' Home, Bein' Po' Folks
Verse 2
Our Christmas Shoppin' 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 Girls' Coats
We All Sat Down And Wrote Santa A Note
But Santa Don't Come To See Po' Folks
And We Wadn't Nothin' But Po' Folks
Bridge
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
Verse 3
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 Momma Knew He Stole It, But Bless Her Heart
Christmas Ain't Easy On Po' Folks
And It Ain't No Time For Whippin' Po' Folks
Key Changes To Eb
Verse 4
I Remember One Christmas, It Was Blowin' And A-Snowin' Mean
Wadn't Nothin' In The Kitchen But A Few Of Momma's Homecanned Beans
Some Ladies From The Church Brought A Basket Of Food
Momma Kinda Smiled And She Said, "That's Good
But Why Don't Y'all Just Take It To The Folks That Live Down The Road
They Ain't Got As Much As We Do, Why, They're Just Po' Folks"
Verse 5
She Only Kept A Chicken And Enough To Make Some Homemade Bread
But You'd've Thought We Was Feastin' From The Blessin' That My Daddy Said
And Later, When The Kids Was Tucked In Tight
And The Fire Wadn't Nothin' But A Flickerin' Light
You Oughta Heard My Momma 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
