https://ribbit.pitools.org/videos/watch/ec6a7f71-5564-4bc8-9128-7cfee542c27b The Ink Spots' Lamplighter's Serenade with some light manual denoising done in Audacity. To my knowledge, this was recorded on the 3rd of May 1942 Bill Kenny (lead tenor) Orville "Hoppy" Jones (talking bass) Ivory "Deek" Watson (second tenor) Charlie Fuqua (guitar) Bill Doggett (piano) [Bill Kenny] A moment after dark, around the park, an old-fashion gent goes parading Dressed in funny clothes but singing as he goes, the lamplighter's serenade The old boy loves to talk with couples on the walk, but when it's half after love time He reaches for his stick, and from his bag of tricks, he lights every star in the sky And if a lady or her beau should answer no, he sprinkles their hearts with his magic Then he steals away to sing another day, the lamplighter's serenade [Orville "Hoppy" Jones] A moment after dark, 'round the park, an old-fashion gent goes parading All dressed up in funny clothes but he's always singing as he goes, the lamplighter's serenade You know the old boy loves to talk with all the couples on the walk, but man, when it's half after love time He reaches for his stick, and then from his bag of tricks, he lights up every star in the sky [Bill Kenny] And if a lady or her beau should answer no, he sprinkles their hearts with his magic Then he steals away to sing another day, the lamplighter's serenade Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:47:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://ribbit.pitools.org https://ribbit.pitools.org/lazy-static/avatars/4d943c72-0e1d-48d8-b7af-ca86b7f63b69.png https://ribbit.pitools.org/videos/watch/ec6a7f71-5564-4bc8-9128-7cfee542c27b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://ribbit.pitools.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.