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Measure with a volt meter between the negative on the battery and the ground on the lamp with the lamp lit. It doesn't matter which probe you put where and you can just use a wire to extent the negative of the battery. In a perfect world this would be 0 volts. If is is more than a few volts...
I know I am a little late to the party, but I figured I would explain what you are seeing in case someone else is reading this.
What you have is Voltage but no current. Your meter does not really put a load on the circuit, but the lamp does. With the lamp the voltage is dropping very low...
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