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
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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
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (The Devil's Box), vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 1991; p. 46.
Recorded sources : - Columbia 15125 (78 RPM), Riley Puckett (1926). Conqueror 8208 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts Trio (1933). Crooked CD 002, Crooked Jades - "Seven Sisters" (2000). Decca 29645 (78 RPM), Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys (1955). JSP 77130, The Red Fox Chasers - "Gennett Old Time Music - Classic Country Recordings, 1927-34" (2010). OKeh 45046 (78 RPM), Henry Whitter (1926). Paramount 3040 (78 RPM), The Collins Brothers, The Pride of Kentucky (1929). Stoneway STY-157, Chubby Wise & His Fiddle - "Grassy Fiddle" (1975).
See also listing at : Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index:An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Chubby Wise's recording at youtube.com [2]
