{"id":10765,"date":"2022-06-22T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=10765"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:02:04","slug":"little-shoemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/little-shoemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Shoemaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n

The Little Shoemaker:Petula Clark.\r\n#1 in Australia and #1 in UK on PYE\r\nRecords in 1954.\r\n\r\nTap Tap, Stitch and Tap, Making pairs of shoes\r\n \r\nINTRO: A<\/span> G<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n \r\n#1.\r\nD<\/span>         A<\/span>      G<\/span>          D<\/span>\r\nIn the shoemaker's shop this refrain would \r\n                        A<\/span>                    D<\/span>\r\nnever stop as he tapped away, working all the day.\r\nG<\/span>     A<\/span>                           Em<\/span>       D<\/span>\r\nAt his bench, there was he, just as busy as a bee..\r\n               A<\/span>                       D<\/span>\r\nlittle time to lose, with the boots and shoes.\r\n \r\n#2.\r\nG<\/span>      D<\/span>          G<\/span>     Em<\/span>\r\nBut his heart went \"pop\" inside the little shop,\r\n              A<\/span>                D<\/span>\r\nwhen a lovely girl set him all awhirl.\r\nG<\/span>      D<\/span>                  G<\/span>             A<\/span>\r\nShe had come to choose some pretty dancing shoes..\r\n                                   D<\/span>\r\nand he heard her say in a charming way.\r\n\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n  Em<\/span>       D<\/span>                     G<\/span>\r\nI want some shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..\r\nA<\/span>                       D<\/span>\r\ndancing, dancing all the day.\r\n                       G<\/span>       E<\/span>       A<\/span>\r\nShoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing \r\n             D<\/span>\r\nall my cares away.\r\n \r\n#3.\r\nG<\/span>      D<\/span>            A<\/span>       F#m<\/span>\r\nThen he tapped and he stitched for his fingers \r\n       D<\/span>                      A<\/span>                D<\/span>\r\nwere bewitched..and he sewed a dream, into every seam.\r\nG<\/span>     D<\/span>            A<\/span>    Em<\/span>       D<\/span>\r\nMaking shoes, oh, so neat, just like magic on her feet..\r\n                   A                      D\r\nand he hoped she'd know, that he loved her so.\r\n \r\n#4.\r\nD                                E\r\nBut she danced, danced, danced as though she were \r\n  Em             A                           D\r\nentranced..like a spinning top, all around the shop..\r\nG     D     G        E               A\r\non her dainty feet, she whirled into the street..\r\n       E        A                  D\r\nand he heard her say, as she danced away..\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\nD                     G                A\r\nShoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing, \r\n                D\r\ndancing all the day.\r\nD                     G       E       A\r\nShoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing \r\n              D\r\nall my cares away.\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n  Fm        D#                     G#\r\nI want some shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..\r\nA#                       D#\r\ndancing, dancing all the day.\r\n                       G#       F        A#\r\nShoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing \r\n             D#\r\nall my cares away.\r\n \r\nOUTRO:\r\nD#                     G#       F        A#\r\nShoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing \r\n              D#\r\nall my cares away.\r\nF       G#            D# G# D#\r\nDancing all my cares away.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.\r\n
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SHEET MUSIC The Little Shoemaker:Petula Clark. #1 in Australia and #1 in UK on PYE Records in 1954. Tap Tap, Stitch and Tap, Making pairs of shoes INTRO: A G A #1. D A G D In the shoemaker’s shop this refrain would A D never stop as he tapped … CLICK TO VIEW SONGLittle Shoemaker<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,117,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29483,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10765\/revisions\/29483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}