There's a lamp shining bright in a cabinIn the window it's shining for meAnd I know that my mother is prayingFor the boy she is longing to seeIn the lamplight each night I can see herAs she runsIn her chair to and froThough she prays that I'll come back to see herStill I know that I never can goWhen it's lamplighting timeIn the valleyThen in dreams I go back to my homeI can see that old lampIn the windowIt will guide me wherever I roamWhen it's lamplightingTime in the valleyThen in dreams I go back to my homeBut I've sinned against my homeAnd my loved oneAnd now I must ever more roamBut I've sinned against my home
