Little Red Light

DESCRIPTION: A house by the sea always had a light in the window. The fisherman comes home one night "his fish being unsold" and turns off the light to have peace. He learns that a barque, following the light, sank and many lives were lost when the light vanished
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: death drowning sea ship shore fishing wreck sailor
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #26199
RECORDINGS:
John James, "Little Red Light" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
NOTES [33 words]: The chorus is "Oh father dear father don't take it away, Remember the sailor far out on the bay, For if you only knew what would happen tonight, You would leave in your window that tiny red light" - BS
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