Song Name: | The Old Lamplighter (hi-lo) | By: | The Browns |
Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | F | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2015-10-18 10:40:29 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER hi-lo
W: Charles Tobias M: Nat Simon The Browns Key: F 3 4 5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 5 6 7 8 -10 9 9 -9 -9 8 He made the night a lit-tle bright-er 5 5 -3 5 -4 4 8 8 -7 8 -8 7 Wher-ev-er he would go 4 -3� 4 3 4 7 -6 7 6 7 The old lamp-light-er -5 5 5 4 -4 -9 8 8 7 -8 Of long, long a-go 3 4 5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 5 6 7 8 -10 9 9 -9 -9 8 His snow-y hair was so much whit-er 5 5 -3 5 -4 4 8 8 -7 8 -8 7 Be-neath the can-dle glow 4 -3� 4 3 4 7 -6 7 6 7 The old lamp-light-er -5 5 5 -4 4 -9 8 8 -8 7 Of long, long a-go 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 You'd hear the pat-ter of his feet 3 4 -3 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -7 8 9 8 -8 7 As he came tod-dling down the street -4 5 6 5 -4 4 3 4 -4 5 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 6 7 -8 8 His smile would hide a lone-ly heart you see -3� -4 5 -5 -6 -5 5 -4 -6 -8 8 -9 -10 -9 8 -8 If there were sweet-hearts in the park -3� -4 5 -5 -6 -5 5 -4 -6 -8 8 -9 -10 -9 8 -8 He'd pass a lamp and leave it dark 5 -5 -6 -5 5 -4 -3� -4 5 -5 8 -9 -10 -9 8 -8 -6 -8 8 -9 Re-mem-ber-ing the days that used to be 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 For he re-calls when dreams were new 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 He loved some-one who loved him too -4 5 6 5 -4 4 3 -3 -4 4 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 6 -7 -8 7 Who walks with him a-lone in mem-o-ry 3 4 5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 5 6 7 8 -10 9 9 -9 -9 8 He made the night a lit-tle bright-er 5 5 -3 5 -4 4 8 8 -7 8 -8 7 Wher-ev-er he would go 4 -3� 4 3 4 7 -6 7 6 7 The old lamp-light-er -5 5 5 -4 4 -9 8 8 -8 7 Of long, long a-go 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 Now if you look up at the sky 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 You'll un-der-stand the rea-son why -4 5 6 5 -4 4 3 4 -4 5 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 6 7 -8 8 The lit-tle stars at night are all a-glow 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 He turns them on when night is near 3 4 -4 5 6 5 -4 4 6 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7 He turns them off when dawn is here -3 4 -4 5 -4 5 3 -3 -4 4 -7 7 -8 8 -8 8 6 -7 -8 7 The lit-tle man we loved of long a-go |