“The Shoemaker (I)”
Description
"Make my Kate a pair of shoes, Make 'em out of the best of leather, I'll peg 'em well and stitch 'em tight (or: "Draw 'em around the firey side") And then they'll last forever." The singer seeks, by the making of shoes, to bind Kate to him (?)
Notes
This may be a byblow of "The Shoemaker's Kiss"; there are common elements. But if so, the degree of sanitizing is so extreme that they can be counted as separate songs. - RBW
The entry in SharpAp is fragmentary and almost devoid of plot, but it mentions Kate, so I put it here. - PJS
Cross references
- cf. "The Shoemaker's Kiss"
References
- Randolph 566, "The Shoemaker" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune)
- JHCox 171, "The Cobbler's Boy" (1 text)
- SHenry H551, p. 40, "The Cobbler" (1 text, 1 tune)
- SharpAp 100, "The Shoemaker" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
- DT, COBBLR*
- Roud #837
- BI, R566