SHOE SHINE BOY
From the show "Connie's Hot Chocolates Of 1936"
Saul Chaplin / Sammy Cahn)

Louis Armstrong His Orch. - 1935
The Mills Brothers - 1936
Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1936
Wingy Manone & His Orch. (vocal: Manone) - 1936
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - 1936
Louis Prima - 1936
Jones-Smith Incorporated featuring Count Basie - 1936
Duke Ellington & His Orch. (vocal: Ivie Anderson) - 1936
Roy Fox & His Orch. (vocal: Mary Lee) - 1936
Billy Cotton & His Band - 1936

Also recorded by : Ruby Braff; Roy Eldridge; Dave Frishberg;
Fletcher Henderson; Earl Hines; Engelbert Wrobel; Jo Jones;
Lester Young; Dave Whitney; Ralph Sutton; Dick Wellstood;
The New York Allstars.


Though you haven't many toys
You don't envy any boys
Every day's a work day,
Your work is just a game
I'd like to sing your praise
but I don't know your name

You're just a shoe shine boy
You work hard all day
Shoe shine boy
Got no time to play
Every nickel helps a lot
So shine, shine, shoe shine boy.

You find joy in the things you do
Shoe shine boy seldom ever blue
You're content with what you've got
So shine, shine, shoe shine boy.

People look at you with scorn
'cos your clothes are worn and torn
Still you never whine
You keep looking up and down the street
Pleading with each one you meet
Brother can you spare a shine.

Oh, Shoe shine boy soon the day will come
Shoe shine boy soon a tune you'll hum
Every nickel helps a lot
So shine, shine, shoe shine boy.

(Orchestral Break)

Shoe shine, shoe shine boy


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)