The Old Lamplighter (chrom)

THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER chrom
W: Charles Tobias
M: Nat Simon
The Browns
Key: F

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He made the night a lit-tle bright-er
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Wher-ev-er he would go
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The old lamp-light-er
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Of long, long a-go
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His snow-y hair was so much whit-er
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Be-neath the can-dle glow
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The old lamp-light-er
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Of long, long a-go

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You'd hear the pat-ter of his feet
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As he came tod-dling down the street
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His smile would hide a lone-ly heart you see
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If there were sweet-hearts in the park
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He'd pass a lamp and leave it dark
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Re-mem-ber-ing the days that used to be
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For he re-calls when dreams were new
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He loved some-one who loved him too
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Who walks with him a-lone in mem-o-ry
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He made the night a lit-tle bright-er
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Wher-ev-er he would go
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The old lamp-light-er
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Of long, long a-go
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Now if you look up at the sky
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You'll un-der-stand the rea-son why
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The lit-tle stars at night are all a-glow
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He turns them on when night is near
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He turns them off when dawn is here
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The lit-tle man we loved of long a-go