I just got the brand new Songs of Separation CD. On it, Hazel Askew sings London Lights, and she credits her version to Lizzie Higgins: LONDON LIGHTS See how those London lights are shining, Through the frost and falling snow Sleep on, sleep on my blue eyed treasure Oh your mother's got nowhere to go Oh once a young man learned to love me And he taught me to do the same And now, oh now he's gone and left me And on my brow, there's written shame See how my sisters they despise me And my brothers do the same For father says he will not own me And my mother hangs her head in shame Oh Mother! Oh Mother please forgive me Take me in your heart once more Although you've turned me from your bosom Please don't turn me from your door Although my clothes are going ragged Still they keep my baby warm Sleep on, sleep on my blue eyed treasure Oh your wandering days will soon be done
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