The Elves And The Shoemaker Lyrics - Sarantos

The Elves And The Shoemaker 

By The Grimm Brothers 

Margaret Hunt's translation (1884) 

A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he 

had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he cut 

out the shoes, which he wished to begin to make the next morning, and as 

he had a good conscience, he lay down quietly in his bed, commended 

himself to God, and fell asleep. In the morning, after he had said his 

prayers, and was just going to sit down to work, the two shoes stood quite 

finished on his table. He was astounded, and knew not what to say to it. He 

took the shoes in his hands to observe them closer, and they were so 

neatly made that there was not one bad stitch in them, just as if they were 

intended as a masterpiece. 

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Soon after, a buyer came in, and as the shoes pleased him so well, he paid 

more for them than was customary and, with the money, the shoemaker 

was able to purchase leather for two pairs of shoes. He cut them out at 

night, and next morning was about to set to work with fresh courage; but 

he had no need to do so for, when he got up, they were already made, and 

buyers also were not wanting, who gave him money enough to buy leather 

for four pairs of shoes. The following morning too, he found the four pairs 

made; and so it went on constantly — what he cut out in the evening was 

finished by the morning, so that he soon had his honest independence 

again, and at last became a wealthy man. 

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Now it befell that one evening not long before Christmas, when the man 

had been cutting out, he said to his wife, before going to bed, "What think 

you if we were to stay up tonight to see who it is that lends us this helping 

hand?" The woman liked the idea, and lighted a candle, and then they hid 

themselves in a corner of the room, behind some clothes which were 

hanging up there, and watched. When it was midnight, two pretty little 

naked men came, sat down by the shoemaker's table, took all the work 

which was cut out before them and began to stitch, and sew, and hammer 

so skillfully and so quickly with their little fingers that the shoemaker 

could not turn away his eyes for astonishment. They did not stop until all 

was done, and stood finished on the table; and then they ran quickly away. 

Next morning the woman said, "The little men have made us rich, and we 

really must show that we are grateful for it. They run about so, and have 

nothing on, and must be cold. I'll tell thee what I'll do: I will make them 

little shirts, and coats, and vests, and trousers, and knit both of them a pair 

of stockings, and do thou, too, make them two little pairs of shoes." The 

man said, "I shall be very glad to do it;" and one night, when everything 

was ready, they laid their presents all together on the table instead of the 

cut-out work, and then concealed themselves to see how the little men 

would behave. At midnight they came bounding in, and wanted to get to 

work at once, but as they did not find any leather cut out, but only the 

pretty little articles of clothing, they were at first astonished, and then 

they showed intense delight. They dressed themselves with the greatest 

rapidity, putting the pretty clothes on, and singing, "Now we are boys so 

fine to see. Why should we longer cobblers be?" 

Then they danced and skipped and leapt over chairs and benches. At last 

they danced out of doors. From that time forth they came no more, but as 

long as the shoemaker lived all went well with him, and all his 

undertakings prospered.