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.