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 away, working all the day.
G A Em D
At his bench, there was he, just as busy as a bee..
A D
little time to lose, with the boots and shoes.
#2.
G D G Em
But his heart went "pop" inside the little shop,
A D
when a lovely girl set him all awhirl.
G D G A
She had come to choose some pretty dancing shoes..
D
and he heard her say in a charming way.
CHORUS:
Em D G
I want some shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..
A D
dancing, dancing all the day.
G E A
Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing
D
all my cares away.
#3.
G D A F#m
Then he tapped and he stitched for his fingers
D A D
were bewitched..and he sewed a dream, into every seam.
G D A Em D
Making shoes, oh, so neat, just like magic on her feet..
A D
and he hoped she'd know, that he loved her so.
#4.
D E
But she danced, danced, danced as though she were
Em A D
entranced..like a spinning top, all around the shop..
G D G E A
on her dainty feet, she whirled into the street..
E A D
and he heard her say, as she danced away..
CHORUS:
D G A
Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing,
D
dancing all the day.
D G E A
Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing
D
all my cares away.
CHORUS:
Fm D# G#
I want some shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..
A# D#
dancing, dancing all the day.
G# F A#
Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing
D#
all my cares away.
OUTRO:
D# G# F A#
Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing
D#
all my cares away.
F G# D# G# D#
Dancing all my cares away.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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