Talk:The Glow-Worm

Johnny Mercer?

I have a recording of this song from 1908 with English lyrics that are similar but not identical to the Mills Brothers'. This was a year before Johnny Mercer was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.25.94 (talk) 04:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strictly speaking the second "glimmer" in each line of the chorus does not belong with Robinson's lyrics. In the original version the echo is in the orchestra only and not sung. Saying "glimmer" twice is an affectation added later. Iglew (talk) 01:27, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Different Lyrics mystery

My grandmother use to sing this song to my sister and me when we were kids. She had a very different parody type version of the glow worm song. ‎"Down by the river, glimmer-glimmer, I see a woman shimmer-shimmer, curlers in her hair and her teeth lopsided...ruffles on her petticoat swaying in the breezes, sounds like sandpaper on her kneezes...these are the things that a woman can do..TO Make a MAN come home!"....(without a shirt...good evening John)..... I don't know if she just made these separate lyrics up but I imagine not. Does anyone know where she might have heard this version? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.23.66.130 (talk) 15:57, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Other Appearances

I believe this song has snippets appearing in the TV show "Police Squad!". Peter Lupus (Officer Norberg) finds cocaine while tearing down a car, snorts some, and later in the episode shows him singing "Shine, little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer" Possible Episode: Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.59.48.1 (talk) 17:56, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]