I had a lantern I turned it into a rocket for the sky Illuminating the ground in which I play Illuminating the ground But my mother told me to put it away Led me to my room, and made me a bed to lay I had a firefly, tied to a string I led into the sky Casting out silver light onto the beds in which we slumber But my mother told me to put it away But my mother told me to put it away I killed the firefly, I lead him into the lantern in the I killed the firefly, I lead him into the lantern in the sky Oh mother what have I done? Oh mother what have I done? What have I done?
lantern, firefly, mother, illuminating, told