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Tiny Red Light
Verse:
C G
Put the light in the window, my darling, she said,
C
As she gazed at the dark, stormy night over head;
G
A little girl ran with her eager de- light,
G7 C
And she placed in the window the tiny red light.
Verse:
C G
Her fathercame home from his work withered cold,
C
Angry and cross 'cause his fish were not sold;
G
He said that the oil it must do for the night,
G
So he took from the window the tiny red light.
Verse:
C G
Oh, Father, dear Father, don't take it away,
C
Think of them poor sailors far out on the bay.
G
If he could have seen what had happened that night,
That might have been saved by the tiny red light.
Verse:
C G
The very next morning came a knock on the door,
C
A sailor stood pointing far out on the shore;
G
Three tiny ships went adrift in the gale,
With tears in his eyes he told her father this tale.
Verse:
C G
We fol- lowed yer tiny red light said the man,
C
Till it vanished from sight - on the rocks our ship ran;
G
Many were drowned on the billows last night,
G7 C
That might have been saved by yer tiny red light.
G7 C
That might have been saved by yer tiny red light.
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025