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12 Jun 98 - 11:58 PM (#30640) Subject: Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley From: Carter Nut Does anyone have the lyrics to this very old song? If you do, could you share them with me? |
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13 Jun 98 - 12:35 AM (#30650) Subject: RE: Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley From: Philip Hudson Carter Nut: I can remembe only a few lines: "When it's lamp lighting time in the valley/ then in dreams I go back to my home/ I can see that old light in the window/ It guides me wherever I roam." The Lord has granted me a wonderful gift that I am not using to full advantage. I'm sure my 86 year old mother knows more words. I'll call her tomorrow and ask. If I had been alert enough to the treasure I had at hand, I would have gotten the songs that my Grandmothers and Grandfathers sang. In the mean time, someone else may contribute. - Philip Hudson
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13 Jun 98 - 12:38 AM (#30651) Subject: RE: Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley From: JT Perhaps there are more verses than the one that I recall but the one I know is as follows: When its lamp lighting time in the valley And in dreams I go back to my home I can see that old lamp in the window It will follow me where ever I go |
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13 Jun 98 - 01:05 AM (#30654) Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN IT'S LAMP-LIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLE From: Gene Here's this version. WHEN IT'S LAMP-LIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLEY Recorded by Jim Greer and the MAC-O-CHEE Valley Folks Writer not listed There's a lamp shining bright in the valley In a window, it's shining for me And I know that my mother is pining For the boy she is longing to see. CHORUS When It's Lamp-Lighting Time In The Valley Then in dreams, I go back to my home I can see that old lamp in the window It will guide me wherever I roam. In the lamplight each night I can see her As she rocks in her chair, to and fro And she prays that I'll come back to see her Yet, I know that I never can go. CHORUS So, she lights up the lamp and sits waiting For she knows of the time I have done But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her Up in heaven, when life's race is done. CHORUS Click for alternate version |
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13 Jun 98 - 01:28 AM (#30661) Subject: RE: Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley From: Philip Hudson I didn't deliberately send all those identical messages. What did I do wrong? Philip Hudson |
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13 Jun 98 - 06:48 PM (#30714) Subject: RE: Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley From: Bill D the most common reason for multiple messages is using the 'reload' button to look at your own post...this re-posts what ever you just did...just click on your new message like you were looking at it for the first time.(I also think that Microsoft Internet Explorer works differently than Netscape sometimes and will cause double posts!!!) |
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14 Jun 98 - 11:16 PM (#30778) Subject: RE: Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley From: CarterNut Thanks guys for your help. |
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21 Dec 10 - 08:45 AM (#3058484) Subject: RE: Lyr Req:When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley From: Jim Dixon Indiana University, and several other libraries, own the sheet music, described thus: WHEN IT'S LAMP LIGHTIN' TIME IN THE VALLEY by Joe Lyons and Sam C. Hart. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, ©1933. First Line: As I sit and dream tonight as lonely as can be First Line of Chorus: When it's lamp lightin' time in the valley |
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21 Dec 10 - 09:18 AM (#3058506) Subject: RE: Lyr Req:When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley From: kendall This is the first song I ever recorded. It was for my Mother.I still have that old 45 rpm record. My version said ..as she lights up her lamp and keeps waiting, Never knowing the crime I have done, still I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her up in heaven when life's race is run. |
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21 Dec 10 - 01:22 PM (#3058674) Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN IT'S LAMP LIGHTIN' TIME IN THE VALLE From: Q (Frank Staplin) Sheet music (partial) and chords at Lamp Lighting pmf arrangement, key of G Usual lyrics: WHEN IT'S LAMP LIGHTIN' TIME IN THE VALLEY There's a lamp burning bright in a cabin In a window it's shining for me And I know that my mother is praying For the boy that she is longing to see. When it's lamp lighting time in the valley Then in dreams I go back to my home. I can see that old light in the window It will guide me wherever I roam. In the lamplight each night I can see her As she rocks in her chair to and fro; Though she prays that I'll come back to see her Still I know that I never can go. When it's lamp lighting time in the valley Then in dreams I go back to my home. But I've sinned against my home and my loved ones And now I must evermore roam. So she lights up the lamp and keeps waiting For she knows not the crime I have 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 lamp lighting time in the valley Then in dreams I go back to my home. I can see that old light in the window It will guide me wherever I roam. Lyrics from Vagabonds 1933, taken from lyricsplayground.com Another set of chords at cowboylyrics.com |
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27 Dec 10 - 03:09 PM (#3062092) Subject: RE: Lyr Req:When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley From: Jim Dixon There's a Tex Ritter recording at YouTube, probably from 1939. |