There's a lamp shining bright in the cabin
In the window it's shining for me
I know mother sits waiting and praying
For the boy that she's longing to see
When it's lamplighting 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 where ever I roam
In the lamplight each night I can see her
As she rocks in her chair to and fro'
Tho' she prays that I'll come back to see her
Still I know that I never can go
* Refrain
Now she lights up that lamp and sits waiting
She knows not the deeds I have done
But I'll change all my ways and go see her
Up in Heaven when life's race is run
* Refrain
When it's lamplighting time in the valley
And the shadows of night gently falls
It is then that I long for the valley
And I miss you mother dear, most of all
* Refrain