The Glow-Worm
-Artists: The Mills Brothers as sung on "Remembering the 50's and 60's"
-Reader's Digest/RCA Records RDA-030/A
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 3 weeks in 1952
-competing version by lyricist Mercer hit # 30
- Original words by Lilla Cayley Robinson
-Adaptation of the 1908 song from the German operetta "Lysistrata" and the
-Broadway musical "The Girl Behind the Counter"
- Modern words by Johnny Mercer, Music by Paul Lincke
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Lead us lest too far we wander
Love's sweet voice is calling yonder
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer
Light the path below, above
And lead us on to love!
Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire
Glow like an incandescent wire
Glow for the female of the species
Turn on the AC and the DC
This night could use a little brightnin'
Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin'
When you gotta glow, you gotta glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow and glimmer
Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer
Thou aeronautical boll weevil
Illuminate yon woods primeval
See how the shadows deep and darken
You and your chick should get to sparkin'
I got a gal that I love so
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, turn the key on
You are equipped with taillight neon
You got a cute vest-pocket *Mazda*
Which you can make both slow and *fazda*
I don't know who you took a shine to
Or who you're out to make a sign to
I got a gal that I love so
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow !!
Transcriber's Note: *Mazda* and "fazda* are pronounced as "mastuh" and "fastuh"
Transcribed by Robin Hood with help from his friend, Wayne
These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.