{"id":7060,"date":"2021-04-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7060"},"modified":"2021-04-20T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T05:00:00","slug":"farewell-old-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/farewell-old-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, Old Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85066387\/1913-04-20\/ed-1\/seq-32\/\"><em>The San Francisco Call, April 20, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n <em>By Lester J. Skidmore.<\/em>\n \n\n Farewell, old shoes!\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Though greatly I\u2019ve abused you,\n I really get the blues\n \u00a0 \u00a0 To think I have to lose you.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You\u2019ve been a friend\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And joy to me;\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And now we must\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Part company.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Yes, from the day\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I purchased you,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You\u2019ve never pinched like\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Some shoes do.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Just like a glove\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You\u2019ve fit my feet,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And you were ever\u2014\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ever neat.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You were quite dressy\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In your day,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And on the street cut\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Quite a sway.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And when your shape\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And beauty, too,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Which I once prized,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Deserted you,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I clung to you most\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Faithfully,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For you had been\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So kind to me.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So many miles\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You\u2019ve led the way\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And held your own, too,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day by day.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A man\u2019s best friend,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 None can deny.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It breaks my heart\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To say goodbye.\n Farewell, old shoes!\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Though greatly I\u2019ve abused you,\n I really get the blues\n \u00a0 \u00a0 To think I have to lose you.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Farewell, old shoes!<br \/>\n     Though greatly I\u2019ve abused you,<br \/>\n I really get the blues<br \/>\n     To think I have to lose you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[214],"class_list":["post-7060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-san-francisco-call","tag-lester-j-skidmore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}