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Thread #8276   Message #4055397
Posted By: cnd
26-May-20 - 10:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Leather Britches
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Leather Britches
There's been another thread here with the exact same title that could stand to be linked/combined. link

I heard the first stanza of these lyrics on Merle "Red" Taylor's Taylor Made, Hi Records HIC 24001 (1975). The rest are from Richie's BluegrassMessengers website.

Little boy, little boy,
Where’d you get your britches?
Daddy cut ‘em out
And Mommy sewed the stitches.

I went downtown
And I wore my leather britches,
I couldn’t see the people
For lookin’ at the peaches.

I went downtown,
And I got a pound of butter.
I came home drunk
And I throwed it in the gutter.

Leather britches, finger stitches,
Mammy sewed the stitches in.
Pappy kicked me out of bed,
I had my leather britches on.

Leather britches, full of stitches,
Old shoes and stockin’ on.
My wife kicked me out of bed,
Because I had my britches on.