| | Christmas As I Knew It Lyrics Artist(Band):Johnny Cash
Mama called us together and mama tried to smile She said you know the cottoncrop hasn't been too good this year There's just no spending money and well at least we're all here I hope you won't expect a lot of Christmas presents Just be thankful that there is plenty to eat That's quite a blessing that'll make things a little more pleasant And us kids got to thinking how really blessed we were At least we were all healthy and best of all we had her Roy cut down a pigapple tree and we drug it home Jack and me Daddy killed a squirrel and Louise made the bread Reba decorated the tree with popcorn strings before we went to bed Mama and daddy sacrificed cause this Christmas was lean But after all there was the babies Tom and Joanne babies need a few things I whittled a whistle for my brother Jack and though we fought now and then When I gave Jack that whistle he knew I thought the world of him Mama made the girl's dresses out of flower sacks And when she ironed them down you couldn't tell that they hadn't come from town A sharecropped family across the road didn't have it as good as us They didn't even have a light and it was way past dusk And mama said well I bet they don't even have coaloil or beans to boil A log apples cranges and such Me and Jack took a jar of coaloil nd some hickernuts we'd found We walked to the sharecropper's porch and set 'em down A poor old ragged lady eased open the door She picked up the coaloil and hickernuts and said I sure do thank ye and quickly closed the door We started back home me and Jack and about halfway we stopped looked back And in the sharecropper's window at last was a light So for one of the neighbors and for us it was a good Christmas night Christmas came and Christmas went Christmas that year was heaven sent Then daddy put on his gumboots waited for the thaw back home in Dyess Arkansas If you find some error in Christmas As I Knew It Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about Christmas As I Knew It This is what Christmas is all about..Amazingly Beautiful! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/4/2007 Back in the depression many families struggled just to make ends meet...Johnny Cash's family was no exception.This song is a true story based on his childhood experiences with his older brother Jack who died when Johnny was still young. An exceptional Christmas recording that once heard will stay with you a long time.You'll be thankful for all you have. Review the song Christmas As I Knew It The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Johnny Cash" Music | |
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