Hello Bob,

I came across this thread while Googling 'He Holds A Lantern'. I play piano and prepare programs for a group of people that visit Hobart nursing homes. We stay away from Long Way To Tipperary, Ramona and all the 'worn to death' songs they get so much of, and instead try to present a lot of fun music - My Old Man's A Dustman, Barnacle Bill, I Never Cried So Much In All My Life etc. Our audiences would love 'He Holds The Lantern', hence my search, and I was delighted to find the lyrics you had posted above. I can remember the first dozen bars of the melody or so from my childhood but that's about all and I'd be very keen to somehow access either the sheet music or even a lead sheet with chords.

Are you able to help out with these in any way?

Many thanks,

Grant