SHOE SHINERS

Whatever happened to New York's shoe shiners ?
Disappeared forever just like British miners 
For only ten cents your shoes would really glow
Only took a few minutes which I'm sure you know 

Shoe shiners would appear and pop up everywhere 
From Madison Square Garden to busy Times Square 
A bit of polish, some rag and a strong brush 
Queues formed very early to avoid the crush 

Like most things shoe shiners are part of the past
Assigned to history and just too good to last
I guess it's a question of supply and demand 
To clean shoes now is done by one's own hand