For enthusiasts of early banjo
2ND FIDDLE COVER
This is the makeshift cover for the Mystery 2nd Fiddle Book. It's a poster for a shoe and leather goods store in the small town of Harriston, Ontario. (There's more text on the back cover.) The guy with the guitar and the size 19 shoes is singing "Put my Little Shoes Away" - an appalling "dead kid" parlour song that none-the-less managed to survive into the bluegrass era - and beyond. Put the title into iTunes and you'll see what I mean.
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Comment by Ian Bell on April 2, 2010 at 11:27am
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Here are the lyrics - Not for the cynical. I feel badly that they had to drag Santa Claus into this tale.
Put my little shoes away
Come and bathe my forehead, Mother
For I'm growing very weak
Let one drop of water, Mother
Fall upon my burning cheek
Tell I nevermore will play
Give them all my toys, but Mother
Put my little shoes away
Santa Claus he brought them to me
With a lot of other things
And I think he brought an angel
With a pair of golden wings
I will be an angel, Mother
By perhaps another day
You will do this for me, Mother
Put my little shoes away
Soon the baby will be larger
Then they'll fit his little feet
And he'll lock so nice and cunning
When he walks upon the street
I'm going to leave you, Mother
So remember what I say
You will do this for me, Mother
Put my little shoes away
Now I'm growing tired, dear Mother
Soon I'll say to you good day
Always remember what I told you
Put my little shoes away
I'm about to leave you, Mother
So remember what I say
You will do this for me, Mother
Put my little shoes away
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