(Bill Anderson)      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.      --- Instrumental ---      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...