When it's lamp-lightin' time in the valley Lyrics

There's a lamp shinin' bright in a cabin
In the window it's shinin' for me,
And I know that my mother is prayin'
For the boy she is longin' to see.
When it's lamp-lightin' time in the valley,
Then in 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 lamp-lightin' time in the valley,
Then in 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 lamp light 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.
So she lights up the lamp and sits waiting,
For she knows not the crime I have done.
So I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her
Up in Heaven when life's race is run.