To which old profession is this sculpture in Georgia dedicated?

My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. (From "The Lamplighter" by Robert Louis Stevenson. A favourite childhood poem of mine)

I had no idea that this was a profession. long before my time on Earth.

I never heard of this...Thanks for the knowledge.

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, I'd never heard of the poem. I remembered the song; "The Old Lamplighter" probably the version by The Browns, can. 1960 which was quite successful. "He made the night a little brighter Wherever he would go The old lamplighter Of long, long ago"

The elephant in the room was ignored, so I will address it. How many sculptures of Josef Stalin exist in Georgia right now? Thankfully, hardly any now. Even in his home town, Gori, they have been removed.

I did hint

there's gas lights in Charleston SC

daisy jane, lamp lighters street cleaners.

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin raises his hat up high

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, r

Back in that era lamps were oil based no electric status Kerosene was crucial we only had candles or oil lamps