| Though you haven’t many toys
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| You don’t envy any boys
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| Every day’s a work day
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| Your work is just a game
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| I’d like to sing your praise
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| But I don’t know your name
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| You’re just a shoe shine boy
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| You work hard all day
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| Shoe shine boy
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| Got no time to play
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| Every nickel helps a lot
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| So shine, shine, shoe shine boy
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| You find joy in the things you do Shoe shine boy seldom ever blue
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| You’re content with what you’ve got
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| So shine, shine, shoe shine boy
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| People look at you with scorn
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| 'Cause your clothes are worn and torn
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| Still you never whine
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| You keep looking up and down the street
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| Pleading with each one you meet
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| Brother, can you spare a shine?
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| Oh, shoe shine boy, soon the day will come
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| Shoe shine boy soon a tune you’ll hum
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| Every nickel helps a lot
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| So shine, shine, shoe shine boy
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| Shoe shine, shoe shine boy |