Glow Worm
Paul Ladd
and Dean Martin's versions.
Second verse:
Glow little glow worm turn the key on
You are equipped with tail light neon
You got a cute vest pocket (?)
Which you can make both slow or faster.
Word in question sounds like mazda. Search on net indicates this word.
Problem is, when song was written and recored, Mazda proably wasn't a
company then. Could be Master, pronounced in black jargon as mastah.
Any help from anyone please?
hart...@athenet.net
I pulled my CD and the word is master, like in master key/control.
Regards,
J. Hart
Eva Stefek
> - Can someone post the complete lyrics?
>
> Thanks bunches
>
> Sarah in CA
> SJo...@NetWiz.net
> 408-666-9133, cell/VM/pager
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Enjoy,
Eva
Glow-Worm
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.
--
Eva Stefek
ste...@xpoint.at
".............. e in questa primavera l'Europa cambierà
la gente è più sincera la pace arriverà..." (P.Daniele)
Harold Groot
>> > > Problem is, when song was written and recored, Mazda proably wasn't a
>> > > company then. Could be Master, pronounced in black jargon as mastah.
>> > > Any help from anyone please?
As I recall, Mazda was the name given to a particular type of light
bulb - possibly a flourescent, or a stage light of some sort. This
dates back to the early 1900's. It may also have been the name of the
company that made it. That particular company is no longer in
existance - either it folded, or was bought out, or whatever. No
relation to any present-day companies called Mazda. But a "Mazda
Lamp" is almost certainly what is being referred to here.
hart...@athenet.net
lamp" suggestion, as I wrote to Ron H. the Mazda sounds very much like
master, he had the advantage of actual sheet music...ergo the words are
frequelntly in the ear of the beholder!
I did however think I heard two other errors, and put corrections in
()'s!
Regards,
Jan H.
> Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin' (should be "little ol' BUD 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 (should be "tail-light and neon)
hart...@athenet.net
Jan Hart here, I was convinced about the master bit when I listened to
the record, but it may have been since I was so sure that was what was
being sung, that was what I heard. However, the guy who wrote about the
Mazda Lamp made a lot of sense, nevertheless I did hear two other things
which I thought should be different and I noted them in () at the
appropriate point.
ENjoy,
Ciao
"Sarah @ Home" schrieb:
> - Can someone post the complete lyrics?
>
> Thanks bunches
>
> Sarah in CA
> SJo...@NetWiz.net
> 408-666-9133, cell/VM/pager
>
> hart...@athenet.net wrote:
> >
> > Dear Paul,
> > I pulled my CD and the word is master, like in master key/control.
> > Regards,
> > J. Hart
> >
> > Paul Ladd wrote:
> >
> > > Need help with one word from The Glow Worm. I've got The Mills Brothers
> > > and Dean Martin's versions.
> > > Second verse:
> > >
> > > Glow little glow worm turn the key on
> > > You are equipped with tail light neon
> > > You got a cute vest pocket (?)
> > > Which you can make both slow or faster.
> > >
> > > Word in question sounds like mazda. Search on net indicates this word.
> > > Problem is, when song was written and recored, Mazda proably wasn't a
> > > company then. Could be Master, pronounced in black jargon as mastah.
> > >
> > > Any help from anyone please?
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Enjoy,
Eva
Glow-Worm
The Mills Brothers
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 (should be tail-light AND neon)
Loudon Briggs
(CLIP)
>
>As I recall, Mazda was the name given to a particular type of light
>bulb - possibly a flourescent, or a stage light of some sort. This
>dates back to the early 1900's. It may also have been the name of the
>company that made it. That particular company is no longer in
>existance - either it folded, or was bought out, or whatever. No
>relation to any present-day companies called Mazda. But a "Mazda
>Lamp" is almost certainly what is being referred to here.
It referred to a G.E. Mazda Lamp.
>
--
Loudon Briggs lar...@bbz.net Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
Harold Groot
>>bulb - possibly a flourescent, or a stage light of some sort. This
>>dates back to the early 1900's. It may also have been the name of the
>>company that made it. That particular company is no longer in
>>existance - either it folded, or was bought out, or whatever. No
>>relation to any present-day companies called Mazda. But a "Mazda
>>Lamp" is almost certainly what is being referred to here.
>It referred to a G.E. Mazda Lamp.
I did a bit of looking - it referred to a Tradename used by Thomas
Edison (whose company was eventually bought by GE). The Mazda Lamp
was the first practical electric (incandescent) lamp - glass body,
vacuum filled, carbon/tungsten filaments, etc. Pretty much the same
thing we all grew up with, but quite a marvel back at the turn of the
last century.
I found the reference as to why I thought it might be some more exotic
type of lamp. I had a phosphorescent paint that gave directions that
it be exposed to a "Mazda Lamp", after which it would glow in the
dark. The standard incandescent lamp has a small amount of
ultraviolet light as part of the mix - whereas a gas or kerosene
lantern has almost none. But a flourescent lamp has a much greater
amount of ultraviolet than an incandescent lamp does - so they work a
lot better doing this. I had assumed the directions would point one
in the direction of the best lamp source, so I assumed it was either a
flourescent (white) or even a "black light". Probably the directions
had been written a long, long time ago before flourescents were common
in houses and the blurb had never been changed.
Anyway - that's the reference to the "Mazda" in the song Glow Worm.