When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley
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"When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley" | |
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Song by The Vagabonds | |
Language | English |
Released | 1933 |
Genre | Country |
Songwriter(s) | The Vagabonds: Herald Goodman, Curt Poulton, Dean Upson; with Joe Lyons, and Sam C. Hart |
When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley is a 1933 country ballad to a waltz melody with words and music by Joe Lyons, Sam C. Hart and The Vagabonds, Curt Poulton, Herald Goodman, and Dean Upson.[1] The song was a hit by The Vagabonds. The song lyrics are about one who longs for his mother, who is far away in a valley. Marty Robbins later covered the song. Other singers who has recorded the song include Tex Ritter and Wayne King.
A Christmas Song
When
When the Swedish "dansband", pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the Swedish language version of the song on her 1987 Christmas album "Min barndoms jular",[2] the lyrics was changed a little, and she sang about being "lonely" instead of "old". The second verse opening lyrics "Jag är gammal och sitter och drömmer om min barndom som snabbt rann förbi" ("I am old and sit and dream of my childhood, which fast passed") was replaced with the re-written lyrics "Jag är ensam och sitter och drömmer om min barndom som snabbt rann förbi" ("I am lonely and sit and dream of my childhood, which fast passed"). Swedish dansband Sten & Stanley has also recorded this song with "ensam" lyrics version.
Johnny Reimar version
Johnny Reimar from Denmark performed the song as an uptempo song with the title "Når jeg tænker på lille Alvilde" (When I think of little Alvilde). A song about a man who misses his first love.
References
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1934.
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas