Enjoy this live performance of the legendary Merle Haggard of his top country song “If We Make It Through December.” This song spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in December 1973 and January 1974, and cracked the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. “If We Make It Through December” was the No. 2 song of the year on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles 1974 year-end chart.
Merle Haggard, in full Merle Ronald Haggard, (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Haggard won numerous awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and in 1984 he captured a Grammy Award for best country vocal performance for “That’s the Way Love Goes.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2007). In 2010 Haggard was named a Kennedy Center honoree. (Source: Britannica.com)
Top Songs of Merle Haggard
- Lovely Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens Medley: Faded Love / A Maiden’s Prayer
- Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens – “Just Between the Two of Us”
- Merle Haggard – “The Farmer’s Daughter” [Live from Austin, Texas, USA]
- Beautiful Merle Haggard Song: “What Am I Gonna Do With The Rest Of My Life” Live from Austin, TEXAS
- Merle Haggard “If We Make it Through December” (Live Performance)
- Merle Haggard Classic: “Listening To The Wind” (Live Performance)
- Merle Haggard – “One Day At A Time” (Country Gospel Song)
If We Make It Through December Lyrics
Merle Haggard
If we make it through December
Everything’s gonna be all right, I know
It’s the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the falling snow
If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town come summertime
Maybe even California
If we make it through December, we’ll be fine
Got laid off down at the factory
And their timing’s not the greatest in the world
Heaven knows I been working hard
Wanted Christmas to be right for daddy’s girl
I don’t mean to hate December
It’s meant to be the happy time of year
And my little girl don’t understand
Why daddy can’t afford no Christmas here
If we make it through December
Everything’s gonna be all right, I know
It’s the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the falling snow
If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town come summertime
Maybe even California
If we make it through December, we’ll be fine
Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Merle Haggard If We Make It Through December lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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