C F C There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin G7 In a window it's shining for me C F C And I know that my mother is praying G7 C For the boy she is longing to see [Verse] F C When it's lamp lighting time in the valley G7 And in dreams I go back to my home C F C I can see that old lamp in the window G7 C It will guide me where ever I roam [Verse] F C When it's lamp Lighting time I can see her G7 As she rocks in her chair to and fro C F C But I know that I'll never more see her G7 C Cause she's gone to a good place I know [Verse] F C Oh she lights up her lamp and sits waiting G7 For she knows not the crime that I've done C F C But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her G7 C Up in Heaven when life's race is run