There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin In a window it's shinin' for me And I know that my mother is prayin' For the boy she is longing to see When it's lamplighting time I can see her As she rocks in her chair to and fro But I know that I'll never more see her 'Cause she's gone to a good place I know Oh, see lights up her lamp and sits waiting For she knows not the crime that I've 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 lamplighting 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 where ever I roam