Name: Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas
Duration: P00H02M51S
Description: Christmas time is all mistletoe and eggnog for some but a harsh reality for others. While we have fun singing this one, domestic violence is not a joke. Denver, who struggled with alcohol for most of his career, decks the halls and adds yet another sad, drunken tune to the country canon as told from the persepective of an 8 year old boy.

Christian Apuzzo & Larry Cook - Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas

from A Bluer State of Christmas by Various Artists

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Christmas time is all mistletoe and eggnog for some but a harsh reality for others. While we have fun singing this one, domestic violence is not a joke. Denver, who struggled with alcohol for most of his career, decks the halls and adds yet another sad, drunken tune to the country canon as told from the persepective of an 8 year old boy.

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Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my mamma cry
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my mamma cry
Just last year when I was only seven
Now I'm almost eight as you can see
You came home a quarter past eleven
And fell down underneath our Christmas tree
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my mamma cry
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my mamma cry
Mamma smiled and looked outside the window
She told me, "Son, you better go upstairs"
Then you laughed and hollered "Merry Christmas"
I turned around and saw my mamma's tears
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my mamma cry
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my mamma cry
No, I don't want to see my mamma cry

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from A Bluer State of Christmas, released December 10, 2018
Written and Originally Recorded by: John Denver

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The Hoover Dam Collective is a group of young artists based in Brooklyn, NY, who are particularly interested in making work that crosses the boundaries of traditional art disciplines. The Collective was founded in 2009 at SUNY Purchase College. The HDC produces performances in and around New York City, which feature collaboration between music, dance, film, theater, comedy, and visual art. ... more

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