'twas the night before christmas and all through the house

Not a creature was sober, 'specially not my spouse.

I got 47 dollars in the gall-derned bank

Honey, how do you possibly think

We're gonna get the presents and the light bill paid.

How in the hell we gonna deck these halls

You and me both been working like dogs

Biting each other's heads plumb off.

Making decorations out of shotgun shells, making it up as we go

Making something out of nothing so you better straighten up

Or all you're gonna get's a chunk of harlan county coal.

I got 27 people coming over to this house

And I can't get you off of that couch

And you wonder why I keep running my mouth.

Now get up the holler, cut us down a tree

While I'm going through mama's old recipes

If you get too drunk, you're gonna deal with me.

Making decorations out of shotgun shells, making it up as we go

Making something out of nothing so you better straighten up

Or all you're gonna get's a chunk of harlan county coal.

Making decorations out of shotgun shells, making it up as we go

Making something out of nothing so you better straighten up

Or all you're gonna get's a chunk of harlan county coal.

Making something out of nothing so you better straighten up

Or all you're gonna get's a chunk of harlan county coal.