The Little Shoemaker

Album

Single

Label

Mercury Records

Genre

-Pop

Media Type

45

Duration

2:14

Composer(s)

Geoff Parsons;Rudi Revil,;John Turner

Entered Chart

Jun 30, 1954

Peak Date

Sep 15, 1954

Released

June 1954

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Mercury 703433

B-Side

Mecque, Mecque

The Little Shoemaker is a popular song based on the French song, "Le petit cordonnier", by Rudi Revil. The original French lyric was written by Francis Lemarque (page in French). The English language lyrics were written by Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, Nathan Korb (Francis Lemarque) and John Turner.

Tap, tap, stitch and tap
Making a pair of shoes

Lei scarpini de bailare, bailare
Bailaremos tutusi
Lei scarpini de bailare, bailare
Bailaremos con cosi

In the shoemaker's shop, this refrain would never stop
As he tapped away, working all the day
At his bench, there was he, just as busy as a bee
Little time to lose for the boots and shoes

But his heart went pop inside the little shop
When a lovely girl set him all a-whirl
She had come to choose some pretty dancing shoes
And he heard her say in a charming way

Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing
Dancing, dancing all the day
Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing
Dancing all my cares away

Then he tapped and he stitched for his fingers were bewitched
And he sewed a dream into every seam
Making shoes, oh so neat, just like magic on her feet
And he hoped she'd know that he loved her so

But she danced, danced, danced as though she were entranced
Like a spinning top all around the shop
On her dainty feet she whirled in the street
And he heard her say as she danced away

Lei scarpini de bailare, bailare
Bailaremos tutusi
Lei scarpini de bailare, bailare
Bailaremos con cosi

Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing
Dancing all my cares away
All my cares away