d;
Then make a line for pegs to go,
For in this we have shared.

We to our old friend _jack_ make haste,
With our _awl_ and _hammer_ bright;
Begin to _peg_ on the line we've marked--
Six to the inch is right.

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Two rows around, just in between,
Each other they are put;
Use them long enough to go clear through,
But save them from the foot.

The awl-hand picks up the pegs,
The hammer-hand now takes,
Between forefinger and the thumb,
And for the hole it makes.

By repeating this we soon shall have
Our work ready for a _lift_;
But first, smooth pegs and trim _heel-seat_,
Or we'll move along too swift.

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The first _lift_ on, we'll leave it full,
Making the centre level;
With our knife in hand, not very dull,
We are prepared to bevel.

In this way the heel is built,
One _lift_ upon the other;
Pegging each will add no guilt,
But save our subject bother.

Piece by piece, until we stop
At the proper height;
A solid piece used for the top
Will make it finish right.

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Nails are driven, both _iron_ and _steel_,
Around the top, in mind,
And on the _outside_ some prefer
A few more nails to find.

Hammer solid both _heel_ and _sole_
Level as it can be;
Whittle the _heel_ down to a size
Close to the nails you'll see.

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The heel-shave is a tool so good,
To smooth the heel up nice;
For when around it you have gone,
Its work will here suffice.

Cut down the _breast_, make it _square_,
Sand-paper it, if you please;
Then change position very fair,
And done with perfect ease.

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Take out the _welt_ with a _knife_ to suit,
Do not cut the upper;
This same thing is done to the boot,
And neither has to suffer.

These tools are bought in stores,
Known to the _craft_ as "finding;"
Some are here from foreign shores,
Which serve us a binding.

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A small _knife_ take, and _trim_ the edge
From the heel, around the toe,
Down to the heel on the other side--
Our shoe begins to show.

The _bottom buffed_, all but the top,
Sand-paper all, now, we think;
Just mark a place across the _shank_
To be blackened well with the ink.

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The bottom in this shape has come,
And looks as if we've parted;
But that's not so,