By the Glow of the Kerosene Light Buddy Wasisname and The Other Fellers
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I remember the time when my grandpa and I
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Would sit by the fire at night
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And I'd listen to stories, of how he once lived
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By the Glow of the Kerosene Light.
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He said: Mom and Dad sent me off to school
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Where I learned how to read and to write
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And they listened for hours, as I read from my books
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By the Glow of the Kerosene Light.
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Your Grandma and I, we were Wed at Sixteen
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Lord, she was a beautiful sight
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And proudly I placed the ring on her hand
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Bout one year later, your daddy was born
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And your grandma held my hand so tight
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Oh! I can't tell the joy, as she brought forth new life
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But having her child, it did weaken her soul
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She just wasn't up to the fight,
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But she looked so peaceful, as she went to her rest
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By the Glow of the Kerosene Light.
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Then, as in now, Oh the times they were hard
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To succeed you would try all your might
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But sometimes love blooms, and sometimes dreams die
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Slowly out
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By the Glow of the Kerosene Light