(*) Only Strum Three TimesIntroVerse 1There's A Whole Lotta People Lookin' Down Their Noses At Me'Cause I Didn't Come From A Wealthy FamilyI Guess I Learned To Take It For Most Of The YearBut Every December, When Christmas Drew NearAnd All The Other Families Were Out Spreadin' CheerWe's Sittin' Home, Bein' Po' FolksVerse 2Our Christmas Shoppin' Was Thumbin' Through The New CatalogLookin' And A-Wishin' And A-Wantin' Everything We SawLittle Toy Trains And Little Toy BoatsAnd Sister Kept Lookin' At The Little Girls' CoatsWe All Sat Down And Wrote Santa A NoteBut Santa Don't Come To See Po' FolksAnd We Wadn't Nothin' But Po' FolksBridgePo' Folks Livin' Way In The CountryWe Never Heard The Jingle Of The Jingle BellsHo Ho Ho, We Was Po' Po' Po'And If We Had Christmas, Well, We Just Made It OurselvesVerse 3Daddy Took A Hatchet, And Daddy Chopped A Pine Tree DownThe Only Decorations Were The Ones We Made Or FoundBrother Saw Some Holly In The Rich Man's YardHe Picked It Up Fast And Ran Home HardAnd Momma Knew He Stole It, But Bless Her HeartChristmas Ain't Easy On Po' FolksAnd It Ain't No Time For Whippin' Po' FolksKey Changes To EbVerse 4I Remember One Christmas, It Was Blowin' And A-Snowin' MeanWadn't Nothin' In The Kitchen But A Few Of Momma's Homecanned BeansSome Ladies From The Church Brought A Basket Of FoodMomma Kinda Smiled And She Said, "That's GoodBut Why Don't Y'all Just Take It To The Folks That Live Down The RoadThey Ain't Got As Much As We Do, Why, They're Just Po' Folks"Verse 5She Only Kept A Chicken And Enough To Make Some Homemade BreadBut You'd've Thought We Was Feastin' From The Blessin' That My Daddy SaidAnd Later, When The Kids Was Tucked In TightAnd The Fire Wadn't Nothin' But A Flickerin' LightYou Oughta Heard My Momma Sing "Silent Night"'Cause That's What You Do When You're Po' FolksAnd We Wadn't Nothin' But Po' FolksChristmas Time When You're Po' Folks
