| Christmas shoppers shopping on a neon city street
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| Another Christmas dollar for another Christmas treat
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| There’s satin on the pretty dolls that make the children glow
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| While a boy walking ragged in the cold Kentucky snow
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| No, they don’t have Christmas in Kentucky
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| There’s no holly on a West Virginia door
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| For the trees don’t twinkle when you’re hungry
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| And the Jingle Bells don’t jingle when you’re poor
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| There’s lots of toys for children when then Christmas time is near
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| But the present for the miners is a stocking full of beer
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| In the dark hills of Kentucky there’s one gift that may be found
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| The coal dust of forgotten days that’s lying on the ground
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| No, they don’t have Christmas in Kentucky
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| There’s no holly on a West Virginia door
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| For the trees don’t twinkle when you’re hungry
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| And the Jingle Bells don’t jingle when you’re poor
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| Let’s drink a toast to Congress and a toast to Santa Claus
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| And a toast to all the speeches that bring the loud applause
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| There’s not enough to give, no, there’s not enough to share
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| So let’s drown the sounds of sorrow with a hearty Christmas cheer
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| No, they don’t have Christmas in Kentucky
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| There’s no holly on a West Virginia door
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| For the trees don’t twinkle when you’re hungry
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| And the Jingle Bells don’t jingle when you’re poor
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| Have a merry, merry Christmas and a happy new year’s day
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| For now’s a time of plenty, and plenty’s here to stay
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| But if you knew what Christmas was, I think that you would find
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| That Christ is spending Christmas in the cold Kentucky mine
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| No, they don’t have Christmas in Kentucky
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| There’s no holly on a West Virginia door
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| For the trees don’t twinkle when you’re hungry
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| And the Jingle Bells don’t jingle when you’re poor |