What is the name of the song that Andy and Barney are humming when Malcolm joins them on the front porch in “The Return of Malcolm Merriweather?
We knew to turn to Mayberry trivia fanatic Paul Mulik for this question because he’s also a choir director. The hymn is titled “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning” by Philip e Bliss (1838-1876). The first verse and refrain are: Brightly beams our Fathers mercy from his lighthouse evermore/But to us be gives the keeping of the lights along the shore. Refrain: Let the lower fights be burning! Send a gleam across the wave!/Some poor fainting struggling seaman you may rescue, you may save. You can bet that gospel music lover Andy Griffith Was responsible for selecting this tune for use in the Mayberry scene.
