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GUEST,Mrrzy-at-work Humorous songs (42) Lyr Add: SOMETHING IN MY SHOE (Raffi) 06 Apr 00


There is also a good one by Raffi (performed, don't know if he wrote it too) whose title I don't know, and I didn't see it in the DB. In it, someone keeps having things in their shoe, the announcement of each of which is accompanied by audience response, and the things keep getting bigger and bigger till the guy decides to go barefoot. I think it's really cute. Plus it's a memory song, where every verse you repeat the objects from the earlier verses.

Here are the lyrics I remember of his (I've made up many verses, with things of greater and greater size, for between bird and locomotive):

SOMETHING IN MY SHOE
As recorded by Raffi on "Rise and Shine" (1982)

1. As I was goin' out for a walk,
I got no further than half a block.
Trouble with my foot, ooh!
There was something in my shoe,
So I took it off and I shook it.
Well, lookit, lookit, lookit!
You know what fell out? (What fell out?)
A little wee stone! (Clap, clap.)
So I put my shoe back on my feet
And kept on walkin' down the street.

2. As I was goin' to the store,
One step, two step, three step, four,
Trouble with my foot, ooh!
There was something in my shoe,
So I took it off and I shook it.
Well, lookit, lookit, lookit!
You know what fell out? (What fell out?)
A bouncing ball, (Boing, boing!)
And a little wee stone! (Clap, clap.)
So I put my shoe back on my feet
And kept on walkin' down the street.

3. As I was driving in my car,
I couldn't drive very far.
I had trouble with my foot, ooh!
There was something in my shoe,
So I took it off and I shook it.
Well, lookit, lookit, lookit!
You know what fell out? (What fell out?)
A flying bird, (Tweet, tweet!)
A bouncing ball, (Boing, boing!)
And a little wee stone! (Clap, clap!)
So I put my shoe back on my feet
And kept on drivin' down the street.

4. I went home and stood on the kitchen floor.
Didn't think I'd have any more
Trouble with my foot, but ooh!
There was something in my shoe,
So I took it off and I shook it.
Well, lookit, lookit, lookit!
You know what fell out? (What fell out?)
A locomotive, (Toot, toot!)
A flying bird, (Tweet, tweet!)
A bouncing ball, (Boing, boing!)
And a little wee stone! (Clap, clap!)
[Slower tempo] So I went to my room in bare feet,
Climbed into bed and went to sleep.


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