Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Canonical path: /tennessee-ernie-ford/let-the-lower-lights-be-burning
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Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
Read Let The Lower Lights Be Burning lyrics by Tennessee Ernie Ford on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
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Brightly beams our father’s mercy
From his lighthouse evermore
But to us he gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore
Let the lower lights be burning
Send a gleam across the wave
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save
Dark the night of sin has settled
Loud the angry billows roar
Eager eyes are watching, longing
For the lights along the shore
Let the lower lights be burning
Send a gleam across the wave
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save
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Tennessee Ernie Ford performs "Let The Lower Lights Be Burning", and this lyric page sits inside the Tennessee Ernie Ford catalog on LyroVerse.
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