英國歌壇歌手［佩圖拉．克拉克］首支熱門曲──傳統流行曲──［Le petit cordonnier／小鞋匠］

In the shoemakers shop

This refrain would never stop

As he tapped away

Working all the day.

At his bench there was he

Just as busy as a bee

Little time to lose

With the boots and shoes.

But his heart went pop

Inside the little shop

When a lovely girl

Set him all a whirl.

She had come to choose

Some pretty dancing shoes

And he heard her say

In her charming way,

"Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing,

Dancing, dancing all the day.

Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing,

Dancing all my cares away."

Then he tapped and he stitched

For his fingers were bewitched

And he sewed a dream

Into every seam.

Making shoes, oh so neat

Just like magic on her feet

And he hoped shed know

That he loved her so.

But she danced, danced, danced

As tho she were entranced

Like a spinning top

All around the shop.

On her dainty feet

She whirled into the street

And he heard her say

As she danced away,

"Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing,

Dancing, dancing all the day.

"Shoes to set my feet a-dancing, dancing,

Dancing all my cares away."

１９５４年，２２歲的英國歌壇歌手佩圖拉．克拉克（Petula Clark）推出單曲［The Little Shoemaker／小鞋匠］（Polygon發行）

這是改編自法國歌曲［Le petit cordonnier／小鞋匠］，Rudi Revil作曲．

法文歌詞由Francis Lemarque）創作。英文歌詞由Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, Nathan Korb (Francis Lemarque) and John Turner創作。

英語版各地有不同歌手詮釋．

英國版由佩圖拉．克拉克灌錄．

克拉克版被製作成一首傳統流行曲,由Malcolm Locker和他的管弦樂團伴奏

編曲輕鬆, 佩圖拉以活潑的方式演繹這首敘事歌曲，宛如音樂劇畫面．.

［Suddenly Theres A Valley／突然有一個山谷］登上英國單曲榜＃７　成為克拉克第一首前十名熱門曲．

另拿到澳大利亞單曲榜冠軍．

此曲收在１９５５年推出的大碟［Petula Clark Sings］中．

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1roePZ2qp4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FixJAOu89MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMsmMq06aY