High Topped Shoes
“Oh, where did you get them high topped shoes
And the dress you wear, so fine?”
“I got my shoes from a railroad man
And my dress from a man in the mines.”
“Oh, who’s gonna shoe your pretty little feet?
Who’s gonna glove your hand?
And who’s gonna kiss your rosy red lips
When I’m in the far off land?”
“Papa’s gonna shoe my pretty little feet,
Mama’s gonna glove my hand,
Brother’s gonna kiss my rosy red lips
And you’re gonna be my man.”
“The long steel rails and the short cross ties,
Gonna walk my way back home.”
“The longest train I ever did see
Run on a Murphy line,
The engine passed at eight o’clock,
The cab didn’t pass till nine.”
“Look up, look down that lonesome road,
Hang down your head and cry,
The best of friends must part sometimes,
So why not you and I?”
Lenoir, NC
November 1967
“Oh, where did you get them high topped shoes
And the dress you wear, so fine?”
“I got my shoes from a railroad man
And my dress from a man in the mines.”
“Oh, who’s gonna shoe your pretty little feet?
Who’s gonna glove your hand?
And who’s gonna kiss your rosy red lips
When I’m in the far off land?”
“Papa’s gonna shoe my pretty little feet,
Mama’s gonna glove my hand,
Brother’s gonna kiss my rosy red lips
And you’re gonna be my man.”
“The long steel rails and the short cross ties,
Gonna walk my way back home.”
“The longest train I ever did see
Run on a Murphy line,
The engine passed at eight o’clock,
The cab didn’t pass till nine.”
“Look up, look down that lonesome road,
Hang down your head and cry,
The best of friends must part sometimes,
So why not you and I?”
Lenoir, NC
November 1967