TINY RED LIGHT
Traditional (Newfoundland)


Put the light in the window my darling she said
As she gazed at the dark stormy night over head
A little girl ran with an eager delight 
As she placed in the window the tiny red light

Her father came home from his work wet and 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

Father dear father don't take it away
Think of the poor sailors far out on the bay
If he could have seen what had happened that night 
That could have been saved by the tiny red light

Early next morning came a knock on the door
A sailor stood pointing far out on the shore
Three tiny ships went a drift in the gale
With tears in his eyes told her father this tale

We followed your tiny red light said the man
Till it vanished from sight on the rocks our ships ran
Many were drowned on the billows last night
That might have been saved by the tiny red light
That could have been saved by the tiny red light