I Am Standing in the Shoes of John

DESCRIPTION: "I am standing in the shoes of John (x2), I am standing, I am standing, I am standing in the shoes of John." "If they fit me, I will wear them on...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1923 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad clothes
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 589, "I Am Standing in the Shoes of John" (1 short text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 589, "I Am Standing in the Shoes of John" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Roud #11837
NOTES [74 words]: There is, of course, no Biblical reason to think that there was anything special about the shoes of either John the Baptist (who said he wasn't even worthy to untie Jesus's shoes) or John the Apostle. The reference is probably to the John of the Apocalypse anyway.
For what it's worth, the word rendered "shoe" in the King James Bible is typically rendered "sandal" in the newer translations, which presumably makes it easier to fit them. - RBW
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