Light a Candle in the Window (Lyrics) (Patreon)

Perhaps the song lyrics I shared earlier today were indeed horrible. To try and wipe the memory of those lyrics, which I couldn't find music for, I sat down once again with some lyrics that Rie Sheridan Rose sent me years ago.

I finally found a melody that I love... I'll see if I can get you some music soon. I need to sit down and record anyway. Maybe I can put together a Christmas song too.

I asked Rie to write a song about candle in the window that is often found in the Celtic tradition. Here's what she came up with. It needed an extra verse. So I wrote one.

Light a Candle in the Window

Lyrics Rie Sheridan Rose and Marc Gunn, music Marc Gunn

There’s a holiday tradition,In the windswept moorSet a candle in the window. On the first floor.

Some say that it’s for Mary,And Joseph as they roam,Some that it’s for loved ones,A light to bring them home.

*The snow is gently fallingOn this Merry Christmas Eve,Light a candle in the windowTo bring home the ones who leave. To bring home the ones who leave. 

Some say it was set thereTo let priests who passedKnow there was safetyFor speaking of the Mass.

Whatever is the reason,The candles break the nightShining hopeful beaconsOf flickering warm light.

*The snow is gently fallingOn this Merry Christmas Eve,Light a candle in the windowTo bring home the ones who leave. To bring home the ones who leave. 

If you have loved onesWho can’t be home tonight,Set a candle in the windowTo call them with its light.

Set a candle and watch its glowFlicker joyfully across the snowSoon your loved will returnThen the fire you can blow… out

*The snow is gently fallingOn this Merry Christmas Eve,Light a candle in the windowTo bring home the ones who leave. To bring home the ones who leave.