Lamplighting Time
There's a light shining bright in a window
In a cabin it's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
For her boy she is longing to see
When it's lamplighting time in the valley
In my dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old lamp 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
And in dreams I go back there to meet her
But I know that I never can go
When it's lamplighting time in the valley
In my dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam
Yes, I know that my mothеr is praying
For her boy who has gone far away
And she asks thе good Lord to watch o'er me
And bring me home safely someday
When it's lamplighting time in the valley
In my dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam
When it's lamplighting time in the valley
And the shadows of night quickly fall
It is then that I long for my old home
And I miss you, Mother dear, most of all