-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