LAMP IS LOW, THE
(Music: Bert Shefter & Peter De Rose / Music: Mitchell Parish -
melody based on Maurice Revel's "Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte"

Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Jack Leonard) - 1939
Mildred Bailey & Her Orch. - 1939
Larry Clinton & His Orch. - 1939
Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb's Orch. - 1939
Harry James & His. Orch (vocal: Frank Sinatra) - 1939
Kay Kyser & His Orch. (vocal: Ginny Simms) - 1939
Jack Teagarden & His Orch. - 1939
Glenn Miller & His Orch. - 1939
Artie Shaw & His Orch. - 1939
Donna Brooks - 1956
Johnny Hartman - 1956
Kate McGarry - 1957
Ray Conniff, His Orch. & Chorus - 1958
Doris Day - 1959
The Hi-Lo's - 1960
Robert Goulet - 1961
George Shearing & The Montgomery Brothers - 1961
Gloria Lynne - 1962
Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio - 1963
Benny Goodman & His Orch. - 1964
Patti Page - 1964
The Tymes - 1964
Jack Jones - 1965
Marilyn Maye - 1965
Ella Fitzgerald with Benny Carter & His Music - 1968
Sarah Vaughan - 1969
Wesla Whitfield - 1987
Carmen McRae with the Shirley Horn Trio - 1990
Eileen Farrell - 1993
Dena DeRose - 2002
George Evans - 2002

Also recorded by:
Dorothy Lamour; Nelson Eddy; Della Reese; Dianne Reeves;
Chet Baker; Bobby Hackett; Carmen Lundy; Buddy DeFranco;
Norman Luboff Choir; Oscar Peterson Trio; Wes Montgomery;
Bud Shank; The Three Sounds: Robin McKelle; Shirley Scott;
Maynard Ferguson:............and many others.



Another perfect day has come to a close
Twelve o'clock, all is well
And while a sleepy world is lost in repose
Let my heart softly tell you

Dream beside me in the midnight glow
The lamp is low
Dream, and watch the shadows come and go
The lamp is low

While you linger in my arms
My lips will sigh, "I love you so"
Dream the sweetest dream we'll ever know
Tonight the moon is high, the lamp is low

Dream the sweetest dream we'll ever know
Tonight the moon is high, the lamp is low



(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2008)