We Won’t Be Lonely This Christmas – Johnathan Rice & Courtney Marie Andrews
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My mother took me by the hand We jumped into the Rio Grande We swam until we reached the Promised Land She knelt to pray and kiss the sand December’s colder by the day But father waits just miles away Working the orchards for some decent pay He said it’s all gonna be okay
We won’t be lonely this Christmas No se preocupen, mis amores We won’t be lonely this Christmas No se preocupen, mis amores
They shine their lights, we couldn’t run We heard the men, we saw their guns Mother said, “Be careful with my little one He is his father’s only son” Now I stay with nineteen other boys They gave us books, they gave us toys After dark, we can’t make any noise But I can hear sweet mother’s voice
We won’t be lonely this Christmas No se preocupen, mis amores We won’t be lonely this Christmas No se preocupen, mis amores
We won’t be lonely this Christmas No se preocupen, mis amores Won’t be lonely this Christmas No se preocupen, mis amores
My mother took me by the hand We jumped into the Rio Grande