- Hold the Lantern High
Words by Barrie Temple and Steve EvansTune by Barrie Temple and Steve Evans
Hold the lantern high lad
Hold the lantern high
Catch your daddy’s eye laddie
Catch your daddy’s eye
Cullercoats Sands are cold and bare
Many there must weep,
Say a prayer for those who share
The grief that they keep
Hold the lantern high lad…
There’s none but us to rue his loss,
If he should not come home,
They’re safe in bed, they do not fuss,
It’s all the same to them
Hold the lantern high lad
Hold the lantern high
Catch your daddy’s eye laddie
Catch your daddy’s eye
Do not fear for you will hear
His shouts across the bay
Whether far or near, they will not fear
Your lantern lights the way
Hold the lantern high lad…
Safe on shore he’s home once more,
To sea he’ll soon return,
Whether far or near, he will not fear,
As long as lanterns burn.
Hold the lantern high lad…
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