"My Papa's Waltz"

When I read this it mostly made me think of an abusive drunk dad, who works hard come home and drinks and then beats his son for no reason. When the writer uses the word waltz it makes me think he is referring to fighting. "We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf," is referring to the boy being thrown into the cabnets. "My mother's countenanceCould not unfrown itself," is talking about the mother not able to look while the son was being abused still crying when the boy see's her face. "With a palm caked hard by dirt," is meaning he works outside with his hands. "Waltzed me off to bed," could mean that he fought him all the way to his room.