I couldn't find a song or poem with the title "Far Away a Light Is Burning" but I found this, which adds one more to our collection. It matches—sort of—the lyrics quoted by Paul, the original requestor.

From Employes Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, (Rochester, NY: Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company, February, 1913), page 20:

(I have modernized the spelling and punctuation.)


SEND A LETTER HOME.

Far away someone is waiting for a step that never falls.
Far away someone is listening for a voice that never calls.
It may be the golden summer; it may be the winter gray.
Summer, winter, spring or autumn, someone thinks of you today.

Far away a vine of ivy twines around the kitchen door.
Far away a robin redbreast sings as sweetly as of yore.
Far away a light is burning in a window clear and bright.
Far away you're not forgotten; someone thinks of you tonight.

Write tonight to home and mother; send your love to father too.
Show to them your best and brightest even though you're feeling blue.
Tell them not of petty troubles; smiles are far better than tears.
Send to them your love and longing although you've been gone for years.

—Gas and Electric News