Well, I met the man in Montgomery, Alabama.
I was waiting on a bus and he was shining shoes, and I heard him say, I'm a shoeshine
man, number one in the land, a shoeshine man, make you shine where you stand, leave me a
tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man.
Well, I can sing, I can dance, I can play the harmonica too.
I got a brand new thing called the Southside Montgomery Blues.
You better stick around and watch me, cause I'm an entertaining fool.
I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land, a shoeshine man, make you shine where you
stand, leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man.
Well, I learned my trade from that rag poppin' daddy of mine.
He shined a pair of alligators, made a hundred dollar bill one time.
Said when that meat gets scarce, I shine two or three pair for a dime.
I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land, a shoeshine man, make you shine where you
stand, leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man.
I had a girl to help me, she had a lot of hoochie coochie ways.
She would bump and grind and pay that girl a dollar a day.
Well, she was young age and the law come and took her away.
I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land, a shoeshine man, make you shine where you
stand, leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man.
I had a girl to help me, she had a lot of hoochie coochie ways.
She would bump and grind and pay that girl a dollar a day.
Well, she was young age and the law come and took her away.
I'm a shoeshine man.
I'm a shoeshine man.
I'm a shoeshine man.