THE LAMPLIGHTER

THE LAMPLIGHTER    by   R L Stevenson 

MY tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky

It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by

For every night at teatime and before you take your seat

With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street

Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea

And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be

But I when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do

Oh Leerie - I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you

For we are very lucky with a lamp before the door

And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more

And Oh - before you hurry by with ladder and with light

Oh Leerie -  see a little child - and nod to him to-night

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