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Put the light in the window, my darling, she said,
As she gazed at the dark, stormy night overhead;
A little girl ran with her eager delight,
And she placed in the window the tiny red light.
Her father came home from his work withered cold,
Angry and cross 'cause his fish were not sold;
He said that the oil it must do for the night,
So he took from the window the tiny red light.
Oh, Father, dear Father, don't take it away,
Think of them poor sailors far out on the bay;
If he could have seen what had happened that night,
That might have been saved by the tiny red light.
The very next morning came a knock on the door,
A sailor stood pointing far out on the shore;
Three tiny ships went adrift in the gale,
With tears in his eyes he told her father this tale.
We followed yer tiny red light, said the man,
Till it vanished from sight - on the rocks our ship ran;
Many were drowned on the bill of last night,
That might have been saved by yer tiny red light.
That might have been saved by yer tiny red light.
Johnny Drake, along with Tom Rose of Bay du Nord, NL, co-founded The Dorymen in 1969.
Recorded by The Dorymen (Dorymen's Greatest Hits); Bobby Evans (Newfoundland And Irish Favorites); Glenn Farrell (Songs Of The Sea People).
A variant was collected in 1951 from John James of Trepassey, NL, and published as The Little Red Light in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA).
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Put the [C] light in the window, my darling, she [G] said,
As she gazed at the dark, stormy [F] night over [C] head;
A little girl ran with her eager de- [G] light,
And she placed in the window the [G7] tiny re [C] light.
Her father [C] came home from his work withered [G] cold,
Angry and cross 'cause his [F] fish were not [C] sold;
He said that the oil it must do for the [G] night,
So he took from the window the [G7] tiny red [C] light.
Oh, [C] Father, dear Father, don't take it [G] away,
Think of them poor sailors [F] far out on the [C] bay.
If he could have seen what had happened that [G] night,
That might have been saved by the [G7] tiny red [C] light.
The very [C] next morning came a knock on the [G] door,
A sailor stood pointing [F] far out on the [C] shore;
Three tiny ships went adrift in the [G] gale,
With tears in his eyes he told her [G7] father this [C] tale.
We fol- [C] lowed yer tiny red light said the [G] man,
Till it vanished from sight - on the [F] rocks our ship [C] ran;
Many were drowned on the bill of last [G] night,
That might have been saved by yer [G7] tiny red [C] light.
That might have been saved by yer [G7] tiny red [C] light.
