Farewell Old Shoe.To be addressed to an old shoe which the speaker holds in his hand.Adieu! adieu!My poor old shoe!What comfort I have had with you!Mysolecompanion day by day,You’ve cheered and soothed my weary way!A fond adieu,My dear old shoe!Most faithful friend I’ve found in you!Alike, midst fair or wintry weather,We’ve shared life’s pilgrimage together.Now rent and torn,And sadly worn,Of every trace of beauty shorn.’Tis with an honest, heart-felt sighI feel that I must throw you by.A sad adieu!Poor worn-out shoe!What sorry plights you’ve borne me through!And, oh! it tears my tender heartTo think that you and I must part.Once more, adieu!My faithful shoe!I ne’er shall find the likes o’ you,And I will bless your memoryFor all the good you’ve been to me.No other bootCan ever suitAs you have done my crippled feet!No other shoe can ever beThe tried, true friend you’ve been to me.A last adieu,Dear cast-off shoe!Whatever may become of you,Accept, dear, easiest, best of shoes,This farewell offering of my muse.
To be addressed to an old shoe which the speaker holds in his hand.
Adieu! adieu!My poor old shoe!What comfort I have had with you!Mysolecompanion day by day,You’ve cheered and soothed my weary way!A fond adieu,My dear old shoe!Most faithful friend I’ve found in you!Alike, midst fair or wintry weather,We’ve shared life’s pilgrimage together.Now rent and torn,And sadly worn,Of every trace of beauty shorn.’Tis with an honest, heart-felt sighI feel that I must throw you by.A sad adieu!Poor worn-out shoe!What sorry plights you’ve borne me through!And, oh! it tears my tender heartTo think that you and I must part.Once more, adieu!My faithful shoe!I ne’er shall find the likes o’ you,And I will bless your memoryFor all the good you’ve been to me.No other bootCan ever suitAs you have done my crippled feet!No other shoe can ever beThe tried, true friend you’ve been to me.A last adieu,Dear cast-off shoe!Whatever may become of you,Accept, dear, easiest, best of shoes,This farewell offering of my muse.
Adieu! adieu!My poor old shoe!What comfort I have had with you!Mysolecompanion day by day,You’ve cheered and soothed my weary way!A fond adieu,My dear old shoe!Most faithful friend I’ve found in you!Alike, midst fair or wintry weather,We’ve shared life’s pilgrimage together.Now rent and torn,And sadly worn,Of every trace of beauty shorn.’Tis with an honest, heart-felt sighI feel that I must throw you by.A sad adieu!Poor worn-out shoe!What sorry plights you’ve borne me through!And, oh! it tears my tender heartTo think that you and I must part.Once more, adieu!My faithful shoe!I ne’er shall find the likes o’ you,And I will bless your memoryFor all the good you’ve been to me.No other bootCan ever suitAs you have done my crippled feet!No other shoe can ever beThe tried, true friend you’ve been to me.A last adieu,Dear cast-off shoe!Whatever may become of you,Accept, dear, easiest, best of shoes,This farewell offering of my muse.
Adieu! adieu!
My poor old shoe!
What comfort I have had with you!
Mysolecompanion day by day,
You’ve cheered and soothed my weary way!
A fond adieu,My dear old shoe!Most faithful friend I’ve found in you!Alike, midst fair or wintry weather,We’ve shared life’s pilgrimage together.
A fond adieu,
My dear old shoe!
Most faithful friend I’ve found in you!
Alike, midst fair or wintry weather,
We’ve shared life’s pilgrimage together.
Now rent and torn,And sadly worn,Of every trace of beauty shorn.’Tis with an honest, heart-felt sighI feel that I must throw you by.
Now rent and torn,
And sadly worn,
Of every trace of beauty shorn.
’Tis with an honest, heart-felt sigh
I feel that I must throw you by.
A sad adieu!Poor worn-out shoe!What sorry plights you’ve borne me through!And, oh! it tears my tender heartTo think that you and I must part.
A sad adieu!
Poor worn-out shoe!
What sorry plights you’ve borne me through!
And, oh! it tears my tender heart
To think that you and I must part.
Once more, adieu!My faithful shoe!I ne’er shall find the likes o’ you,And I will bless your memoryFor all the good you’ve been to me.
Once more, adieu!
My faithful shoe!
I ne’er shall find the likes o’ you,
And I will bless your memory
For all the good you’ve been to me.
No other bootCan ever suitAs you have done my crippled feet!No other shoe can ever beThe tried, true friend you’ve been to me.
No other boot
Can ever suit
As you have done my crippled feet!
No other shoe can ever be
The tried, true friend you’ve been to me.
A last adieu,Dear cast-off shoe!Whatever may become of you,Accept, dear, easiest, best of shoes,This farewell offering of my muse.
A last adieu,
Dear cast-off shoe!
Whatever may become of you,
Accept, dear, easiest, best of shoes,
This farewell offering of my muse.