Put My Little Shoes Away

Hank Snow

Written by Samuel Mitchell and Charles E. Pratt

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                F        C
Mother dear come bathe my forehead
G7
For I'm growing very weak
C          F           C
Mother let one drop of water
G7                   C
Fall upon my burning cheek

Verse 2

F                     C
Tell my loving little playmates
G7
That I never more shall play
C         F               C
Give them all my toys but mother
G7                  C
Put my little shoes away

Verse 3

F                             C
You will do this mother won't you
G7
Put my little shoes away
C         F               C
Give them all my toys but mother
G7                  C
Put my little shoes away

Verse 4

F                              C
Santa Claus he brought them to me
G7
With a lot of other things
C              F          C
And I think he brought an angel
G7                    C
With a pair of golden wings

Verse 5

F                      C
Mother soon I'll be an angel
G7
By perhaps another day
C         F               C
So if you will my dearest mother
G7                  C
Put my little shoes away

Verse 3

F                             C
You will do this mother won't you
G7
Put my little shoes away
C         F               C
Give them all my toys but mother
G7                  C
Put my little shoes away