THE TAILOR’S BRITCHES aka THE BRISK YOUNG TAILOR

A dance one New Year’s evening the tailor did attend;
I’m sure that he would ne’er have gone if he could have seen the end.

The Tailor's Britches sung by John Greaves on The Yorkshire Garland. http://yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=49
Mudcat, Origins: Tailor's Britches (or breeches)     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72395#top
Brisk Young Tailor   -  The Fianna Folk     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FzlGKTiYW8
Music and Lyrics in Marrow Bones - English Folk Songs From The Hammond And Gardiner Mss. by Frank Purslow, fromGoogle Books    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Uld8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT183&lpg=PT183&dq=the+briskyoung+tailor+english+folksong&source=bl&ots=E_E7
Mudcat DT, full Lyrics of "The Tailor's Breetches"    /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7028