Spookulele 2022 - Day 13 - By Candelight (by Cecilia Eng)

17 days until Halloween!

Cecila Eng is a fabulous songwriter, singer and supporter of the filk community. After doing some training for Or-E-Con 2 this morning, I asked if Cecilia had any Halloweenish filks I could do.

You can hear Cecilia's recording here:
https://soundcloud.com/cecilia-eng-320153920/by-candlelight

This song is based on a very old children's rhyme:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Many_Miles_to_Babylon%3F

But it also conjures the idea of travel by a black candle, as connected with the Magick of Solomon, and as appears briefly in the film Stardust.

This song was written by Cecilia inspired by Seanan McGuire's book, An Artificial Night:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6782468-an-artificial-night

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