Jack o' Lantern
Enchanting Glow: Jack o' Lantern Unveils Secrets in Gaelic Shadows
Lyrics
Jack o’ Lantern, oh light us a path tonight!
Requesting the Jack o' Lantern to illuminate a path for the speaker.
Shadows tease with flickering shapes
Shadows playfully create uncertain shapes.
On hedges and fences and doorsteps,
Shadows appear on hedges, fences, and doorsteps.
So smile your secrets to us!
Asking the Jack o' Lantern to share its mysterious knowledge.
Hollow yet filled with a luminous stare —
Empty inside but radiating a bright gaze.
Eerie façade of what you’re aware!
An unsettling appearance reflecting the Jack o' Lantern's awareness.
Long ago in the Gaelic land of your roots,
Refers to the historical origins of the Jack o' Lantern in Gaelic culture.
You enthralled the ghosts of the time,
The Jack o' Lantern captivated spirits in the past.
Then traveled the waters Atlantic
Traveled across the Atlantic waters to find a new home.
To find a home on new shores.
Establishing itself on new shores.
Purple no longer the color adored,
The color purple, once favored, is no longer significant.
Turnips gave way to the orange gourd!
Turnips were replaced by the more iconic orange gourd.
Jack o’ Lantern, oh light us a path tonight!
Reiteration of the request for guidance from the Jack o' Lantern.
Shadows tease with flickering shapes
Shadows continue to play with shapes.
On hedges and fences and doorsteps,
Shadows visible on hedges, fences, and doorsteps.
So smile your secrets to us!
Asking the Jack o' Lantern to share its enigmatic knowledge again.
Hollow yet filled with a luminous stare —
Empty inside but emanating a radiant gaze.
Eerie façade of what you’re aware!
Reiterating the unsettling appearance indicative of awareness.
Light of autumn, you’re often quite mischievous —
Describing the mischievous nature of the Jack o' Lantern in autumn.
Fairy glows or will o’ the wisps
Mention of fairy glows or will o' the wisps, adding to the mysterious aura.
Or corpse candles floating
Reference to eerie phenomena like corpse candles floating.
Or Jack whom the devil spurned with a coal.
Refers to the legend of Jack, spurned by the devil with a coal.
Carved in the present, engraved with the past —
Highlighting the carving of Jack o' Lantern in the present, with a connection to the past.
Haunting and beckoning fires that last!
Describes the lasting and captivating nature of the haunting fires.
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