Annotation:Put My Little Shoes Away
X:1 T:Put My Little Shoes Away C:Samuel N. Mitchell & Charles E. Pratt M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 1991, p. 46. N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of Chubby Wise Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A "A"c6 Ac|"D"B2A2F2A2|"A"E8|A8|A6-c2|e2-c2A2 (3cec|"E7"B6 B2- EF| "E7"E8|"A"c4- cB Ac|"D"(3BcB A2F2A2|"A"E8|A8|c6E2| "E7"A2 (3cec B3 A/B/|"A"A4- AF ED|"A7"C8|"D"d8|d2e2f2 {=gf}e2|"A"c8| e8|A6 c2|e2c2A2 (3cec|"E7"B6 G-E/F/|E8|"A"c4- cB Ac|"D"B2A2F2A2| "A"E6-EF|"A"A8|c4- cB AF|"E7"EF A=c- BA FE|"A"A3F (3EFE =C-^C|A,8||
PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY. American, Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Put My Little Shoes Away" is an 1873 song written and composed by Samuel M. Mitchell (1846-1905, lyrics) and Charles E. Pratt (1841-1902, music). It has been frequently recorded through the years beginning in the 78 RPM era, and has endured as a popular song among bluegrass performers. The first two stanzas go:
Now, come and bathe my forehead, Mother
For I'm growing very weak
Let one drop of water, Mother,
Fall upon my burning cheek
Go and tell my little playmates
That I never more will play
Give them all my toys, but Mother,
Put my little shoes away
