PLAYING SHOEMAKER
One day Bobby and Betty had a party.
They played they were shoemakers mending shoes.
All but Bobby sat down on the floor so as to make a ring.
Then they sang:
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way we mend a shoe.”
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way we mend a shoe.”
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way we mend a shoe.”
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!
This is the way we mend a shoe.”
While they were singing Bobby came into the room.
When they stopped singing, he said;
“Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Have it done by half-past two.”
“Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Have it done by half-past two.”
“Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Have it done by half-past two.”
“Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.
Have it done by half-past two.”
“Yes,” said the shoemakers. “We will have it done by half-past two.”
Then the shoemakers worked and sang:
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This must be done by half-past two.”
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This must be done by half-past two.”
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This must be done by half-past two.”
“Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!
This must be done by half-past two.”
Soon Bobby came back and said, “It is half-past two. Is my shoe mended?”
“I have passed it to my next-door neighbor,” answered the head shoemaker.
“Is my shoe mended?” asked Bobby of the next-door neighbor.
“My next-door neighbor has it,” was the answer.
Then Bobby asked the next child; but he always got the same answer.
At last he saw who had the shoe, so he asked the right one.
Then all the shoemakers called out:
“Little boy, little boy, here is your shoe.It was mended by half-past two.”
“Little boy, little boy, here is your shoe.It was mended by half-past two.”
“Little boy, little boy, here is your shoe.It was mended by half-past two.”
“Little boy, little boy, here is your shoe.
It was mended by half-past two.”
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Have it done by half-past two.Stitch it up and stitch it down,Now see with whom the shoe is found.Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Give it a stitch and that will do.Here’s a nail, and there’s a prod,And now my shoe is well shod.
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Have it done by half-past two.Stitch it up and stitch it down,Now see with whom the shoe is found.Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Give it a stitch and that will do.Here’s a nail, and there’s a prod,And now my shoe is well shod.
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Have it done by half-past two.Stitch it up and stitch it down,Now see with whom the shoe is found.
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.
Have it done by half-past two.
Stitch it up and stitch it down,
Now see with whom the shoe is found.
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.Give it a stitch and that will do.Here’s a nail, and there’s a prod,And now my shoe is well shod.
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.
Give it a stitch and that will do.
Here’s a nail, and there’s a prod,
And now my shoe is well shod.
Tip-tap, rip-rap,Tick-a-tack-too.This way, that way,So we make a shoe,Getting rich, every stitch,Tick-a-tack-too.
Tip-tap, rip-rap,Tick-a-tack-too.This way, that way,So we make a shoe,Getting rich, every stitch,Tick-a-tack-too.
Tip-tap, rip-rap,Tick-a-tack-too.This way, that way,So we make a shoe,Getting rich, every stitch,Tick-a-tack-too.
Tip-tap, rip-rap,
Tick-a-tack-too.
This way, that way,
So we make a shoe,
Getting rich, every stitch,
Tick-a-tack-too.
When I’m a man,I’ll be a shoemaker if I can.I’ll sit on a bench, with my last held so,And in and out my needle will go.I’ll sew so strong that my work shall wear,Till nothing is left but my stitches there,When I’m a man.
When I’m a man,I’ll be a shoemaker if I can.I’ll sit on a bench, with my last held so,And in and out my needle will go.I’ll sew so strong that my work shall wear,Till nothing is left but my stitches there,When I’m a man.
When I’m a man,I’ll be a shoemaker if I can.I’ll sit on a bench, with my last held so,And in and out my needle will go.I’ll sew so strong that my work shall wear,Till nothing is left but my stitches there,When I’m a man.
When I’m a man,
I’ll be a shoemaker if I can.
I’ll sit on a bench, with my last held so,
And in and out my needle will go.
I’ll sew so strong that my work shall wear,
Till nothing is left but my stitches there,
When I’m a man.
This is the way we mend our shoes,Mend our shoes, mend our shoes;This is the way we mend our shoes,On a cold and frosty morning!This is the way the ladies walk,Ladies walk, ladies walk;This is the way the ladies walkOn a cold and frosty morning!This is the way the gentlemen walk,Gentlemen walk, gentlemen walk;This is the way the gentlemen walkOn a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way we mend our shoes,Mend our shoes, mend our shoes;This is the way we mend our shoes,On a cold and frosty morning!This is the way the ladies walk,Ladies walk, ladies walk;This is the way the ladies walkOn a cold and frosty morning!This is the way the gentlemen walk,Gentlemen walk, gentlemen walk;This is the way the gentlemen walkOn a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way we mend our shoes,Mend our shoes, mend our shoes;This is the way we mend our shoes,On a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way we mend our shoes,
Mend our shoes, mend our shoes;
This is the way we mend our shoes,
On a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way the ladies walk,Ladies walk, ladies walk;This is the way the ladies walkOn a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way the ladies walk,
Ladies walk, ladies walk;
This is the way the ladies walk
On a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way the gentlemen walk,Gentlemen walk, gentlemen walk;This is the way the gentlemen walkOn a cold and frosty morning!
This is the way the gentlemen walk,
Gentlemen walk, gentlemen walk;
This is the way the gentlemen walk
On a cold and frosty morning!
Stretch the leather over the last,Fit it and sew it and hold it fast.Wax the thread, pull it through and through;Stitch it and stitch it and sing a song, too.Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way to make a shoe.Take a sharp awl and punch a holeRight through the upper and through the sole.Put in one peg, put in two;Chuckle and laugh as you hammer them through.Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way to make a shoe.Stretch the leather over the last,Fit it and sew it firm and fast.—Adapted from a poem by an unknown writer
Stretch the leather over the last,Fit it and sew it and hold it fast.Wax the thread, pull it through and through;Stitch it and stitch it and sing a song, too.Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way to make a shoe.Take a sharp awl and punch a holeRight through the upper and through the sole.Put in one peg, put in two;Chuckle and laugh as you hammer them through.Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way to make a shoe.Stretch the leather over the last,Fit it and sew it firm and fast.—Adapted from a poem by an unknown writer
Stretch the leather over the last,Fit it and sew it and hold it fast.
Stretch the leather over the last,
Fit it and sew it and hold it fast.
Wax the thread, pull it through and through;Stitch it and stitch it and sing a song, too.
Wax the thread, pull it through and through;
Stitch it and stitch it and sing a song, too.
Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way to make a shoe.
Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!
This is the way to make a shoe.
Take a sharp awl and punch a holeRight through the upper and through the sole.
Take a sharp awl and punch a hole
Right through the upper and through the sole.
Put in one peg, put in two;Chuckle and laugh as you hammer them through.
Put in one peg, put in two;
Chuckle and laugh as you hammer them through.
Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!This is the way to make a shoe.
Rap-a-tap, tap! Tick-a-tack, too!
This is the way to make a shoe.
Stretch the leather over the last,Fit it and sew it firm and fast.
Stretch the leather over the last,
Fit it and sew it firm and fast.
—Adapted from a poem by an unknown writer
—Adapted from a poem by an unknown writer