There was a popular song about "The Old Lamplighter" (but I like Tom Lehrer's parody better.

Alfonso was the towns' LampLighter. Every evening, just before it
got dark, he had to take his ladder, and his matches, and his lamp
oil, and light every street lamp in Villa Macaroni. It was a very
important job, because if he didn't get the lamps lit, then all the
people would not know which way to walk, and the horses would
pull their buggys down the wrong streets. It would be very dark!