The Lamp Was Hers to Keep

[Intro] [Verse 1] She kept a lamp beside the door and never said who for the wick was always trimmed and low and burning by the floor [Pre-Chorus] The road came up the hill and no one walked it twice [Chorus] The lamp was hers to keep and keep it she did through forty winters at that door she never let it go out [Verse 2] Her son went east and wrote her twice her daughter married on the postman came on Tuesdays and mostly brought her none [Chorus] The lamp was hers to keep and keep it she did through forty winters at that door she never let it go out [Bridge] When she was gone the lamp was still warm [Chorus] The lamp was hers to keep and keep it she did through forty winters at that door she never let it go out [Outro] She never let it go out