Keep that candle burnin' birght, mother
I'll be kinda late tonight, mother
There's a yellow moon above, mother
Shinin' on the one I love, mother

Burn that candle, night and day
Burn that candle, light our way
Keep that doorway open wide
Until [bad word] slowly strollin' side by side

While that candle's burnin' high, mother
I'll be with my sugar pie, mother
We'll [bad word] #39; home you know, mother
Lookin' for that candle glow, mother

Burn that candle, night and day
Burn that candle, light our way
Keep that doorway open wide
Until [bad word] slowly strollin' side by side

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After we have had the wedding, mother
To that candle we'll be headin, mother
So, before we're winin', dinin', mother
Start that candle light a shinin', mother

Burn that candle, night and day
Burn that candle, light our way
Keep that doorway open wide
Until [bad word] slowly strollin' side by side

Until [bad word] slowly strollin' side by side
'Til I'm strollin' through that doorway with my bride