WHEN IT'S LAMPLIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLEY

 

1. Lamplight of Valley.mp3

 

WHEN IT'S LAMPLIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLEY
(Harold Goodman / Sam C. Hart / Joe Lyons / Curt Poulton / Dean Upson)

The Vagabonds - 1933

Also recorded by: Marty Robbins; Tex Ritter; Slim Dusty;
Wayne King; Hylo Brown; Bob King; Lester Flat; Ann Case;
Mac Wiseman; Norman Blake & Rich O'Brien.

There's a lamp burning bright in a cabin
In a window it's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
For her boy she is longing to see

When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old light in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam

In the lamplight each night I can see her
As she rocks in her chair to and fro
Though she prays that I'll come back to see her
Still I know that I never can go

When it's lamplighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
But I've sinned against my home and my loved ones
And now I must evermore roam

So she lights up the lamp and keeps waiting
For she knows not the crime I have done
But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her
Up in Heaven when life's race is run

When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old light in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam