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 Ye tuneful cobblers! still your notes prolong,
 Compose at once a slipper and a song;
  So shall read more 
 Ye tuneful cobblers! still your notes prolong,
 Compose at once a slipper and a song;
  So shall the fair your handiwork peruse,
   Your sonnets sure shall please--perhaps your shoes. 
 Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
 [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]  
 Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
 [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.] 
 Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet
 Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;
  Should read more 
 Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet
 Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;
  Should the big last extend the shoe too wide,
   Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside;
    The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein,
     The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain;
      And when too short the modish shoes are worn,
       You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn. 
 Marry because you have drank with the king,
 And the king hath so graciously pledged you,
  You read more 
 Marry because you have drank with the king,
 And the king hath so graciously pledged you,
  You shall no more be called shoemakers.
   But you and yours to the world's end
    Shall be called the trade of the gentle craft. 
 To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty 
matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that read more 
 To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty 
matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker a good 
workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot." 
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
 Oh, where did hunter win
 So delicate a skin
  For her feet?
   You lucky read more 
 Oh, where did hunter win
 So delicate a skin
  For her feet?
   You lucky little kid,
    You perished, so you did,
     For my sweet. 
 I was not made of common calf,
 Nor ever meant for country loon;
  If with an axe read more 
 I was not made of common calf,
 Nor ever meant for country loon;
  If with an axe I seem cut out,
   The workman was no cobbling clown;
    A good jack boot with double sole he made,
     To roam the woods, or through the rivers wade. 
Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.
Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.