When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley Songtext
von Tex Ritter

There′s a lamp shinin' bright in a cabin
In a window, it′s shinin' for me
And I know that my mother is waitin'
For her boy she is longin′ to see

When it′s lamp lighting time in the valley
And 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
And she prays that I'll come back and see her
Still I know that I never can go

When it′s lamp lighting time in the valley
And in dreams I go back to my home
But I've sinned against my home and my loved ones
And now I must ever more roam

And she lights up her lamp and sits waiting
For she knows not the crime that 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
And in dreams, I go back to my home
I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam