Misc Traditional – The Lamplighter (Guitar)

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C                Am                              Em
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky

      F                C             D7           G
It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by

      F                C         Dm                   G
For every night at teatime and before you take your seats

       Am      Em       C               Dm6            Am7
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street

       F                 C              G7             C
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street

C                    Am                    Em
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea

     F            C             D7            G
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be

    F              C                Dm                G
But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do

    Am      Em       C                 Dm6                 Am7
Oh Leerie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you

     F               C                 G7                    C
Oh Leerie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you

C                Am                            Em
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door

      F               C              D7             G
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more

    F               C            Dm               G
And O! before you hurry by with ladder and with light

       Am        Em      C       Dm6           Am7
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!

       F                 C        G7            C
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!

C                Am                              Em
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky

      F                C             D7           G
It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by

    F               C            Dm               G
And O! before you hurry by with ladder and with light

       Am        Em      C       Dm6           Am7
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!

       F                 C        G7            C
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!