i road up in those hills like when we all used to go cut a tree like the one that we used to alone behind the old sorrel mare i drag it down off the slopes trimmed it up in the corner with tinsel and hoped i ain t heard from my son and i won t i expect the other s flight it was cancelled at least that s what he said my daughter s takin the kids again to maui this year i guess don t blame em it s pretty cold round here thank christ for these horses or i d be here at home eighty years old spending christmas alone a blizzard is howling and night it grows near it s just me and the ponies for christmas this year it s bitterly cold with three feet of snow and this wouldn t be home if the wind didn t blow can t get out of the yard i m snowed in with the drifts and no one is coming to open these gates if i were my father i d hitch up a team take the sleigh to the neighbour s for brandy and cream but that world is gone it s all dissappeared it s just me and the ponies for christmas this year this old barn is still standing not much longer i think i can see the north star through the holes in the chink tonight it s oats for my pals and me a bottle of cheer it s just me and the ponies for christmas this year