Lantern's Gleam, The

DESCRIPTION: "The lanterns gleam while yellow flames leap and play, And wild and vibrant music pours out, And the rafters ring as supple dancers gay Moving swiftly, circle about."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin)
KEYWORDS: dancing
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin, p. 165, "The Lantern's Gleam" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #9064
NOTES [68 words]: I suspect this is a fragment of a popular song, but much internet searching has failed to reveal it. Probably it in not the first verse.
The tune in Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin is very strange, since it is said to have been sung by a single informant yet the musical notation shows two parts (and does not show how the words are aligned with the tune). It appears something important has been omitted. - RBW
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