INTRO: Ab Gb Ab #1. Db Ab Gb Db In the shoemaker’s shop this refrain would Ab Db never stop as he tapped away, working all the day. Gb Ab Ebm Db At his bench, there was he, just as busy as a bee.. Ab Db little time to lose, with the boots and shoes. #2. Gb Db Gb Ebm But his heart went ¨pop¨ inside the little shop, Ab Db when a lovely girl set him all awhirl. Gb Db Gb Ab She had come to choose some pretty dancing shoes.. Db and he heard her say in a charming way.
CHORUS: Ebm Db Gb I want some shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing.. Ab Db dancing, dancing all the day. Gb Eb Ab Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing Db all my cares away. #3. Gb Db Ab Fm Then he tapped and he stitched for his fingers Db Ab Db were bewitched..and he sewed a dream, into every seam. Gb Db Ab Ebm Db Making shoes, oh, so neat, just like magic on her feet.. Ab Db and he hoped she’d know, that he loved her so. #4. Db Eb But she danced, danced, danced as though she were Ebm Ab Db entranced..like a spinning top, all around the shop.. Gb Db Gb Eb Ab on her dainty feet, she whirled into the street.. Eb Ab Db and he heard her say, as she danced away.. CHORUS: Db Gb Ab Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing, Db dancing all the day. Db Gb Eb Ab Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing Db all my cares away. 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. OUTRO: D G E A Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing..dancing D all my cares away. E G D G D Dancing all my cares away. A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
"The Little Shoemaker" was released as a single in by Petula Clark in 1954.
"The Little Shoemaker" reached number 1 in the UK and Australia!