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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EL ZAPATERO, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: I spoke to a shoemaker
Last Line: But not the duck-bill toe
Subject(s): Shoes;west (u.s.); Boots;sneakers;shoemakers;southwest;pacific States
First Line: I spoke to a shoemaker
Last Line: But not the duck-bill toe
Subject(s): Shoes;west (u.s.); Boots;sneakers;shoemakers;southwest;pacific States
I SPOKE to a shoemaker
For to make me a pair of shoes-es,
With the toes all nicely rounded
Like a duck's bill or a goose's.
Confound that old shoemaker,
How he fooled me, though!
He made me up the shoeses,
But not the duck-bill toe!
Confound that old shoemaker,
How he fooled me, though!
He made me up the shoeses,
But not the duck-bill toe!
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