Tin Foil Star

V) He worked all the way to Christmas Eve
cause that’s what he had to do
We came home from Sandusky for just a
week or two
The stars would shine outside on the cold
Virginia snow
But none of them as pretty as the one
inside at home
CH) A cedar from the hillside growing
everywhere
Ornaments from anything that we’d find
anywhere
It was almost six feet tall once we put it in
the stand
and on top, a tinfoil star my Daddy made by
hand
V) They barely had a day to get it all fixed
up
We never had a lot, but we always had
enough
The house smelled like heaven, green
beans and ham
Cinnamon and coffee, rolls and homemade
jam
CH) A cedar from the hillside growing
everywhere
Ornaments from anything that we’d find
anywhere
It was almost six feet tall once we put it in
the stand
and on top, a tinfoil star my Daddy made by
hand
V) He cut it out of cardboard with a hen and
rooster blade
five points in each direction, it had to be
that way
wrapped in scraps of tinfoil upon a midnight
clear
one for each of us to guide us through the
year

CH) A cedar from the hillside growing
everywhere
Ornaments from anything that we’d find
anywhere
It was almost six feet tall once we put it in
the stand
and on top, a tinfoil star my Daddy made by
hand