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26 Dec 98 - 01:05 PM (#50951) Subject: LYRICS: Leather Britches? From: rajah Hello all, I was wondering if anyone knows the lyrics to the old time/bluegrass tune "Leather Britches" or could post a URL where I could search? Thanks & happy holidays. |
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03 Nov 05 - 08:26 PM (#1596898) Subject: RE: LYRICS: Leather Britches? From: Jim Dixon Allmusic.com lists 43 recordings of LEATHER BRITCHES. I listened to lots of sound samples, but they all seemed to be instrumentals except the one recorded by Spade Cooley. However, his song doesn't seem to be set to the same tune that everybody else is playing. It's attributed to Matty Holbrook while all the other recordings are called "traditional." Here are the words I was able to transcribe: Watermelons, I used to steal 'em by the batch. Then a farmer he caught me in his melon patch. Leather britches, gun went off and I was gone. Buckshot couldn't stop me 'cause I had no leather britches on. |
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03 Nov 05 - 11:19 PM (#1596993) Subject: RE: LYRICS: Leather Britches? From: masato sakurai From The Fiddler's Companion: Samuel Bayard suggests the rhyme sung to the melody by old‑time musicians is borrowed from an Irish air (song) called "The Britches On." "This (Bayard's 1944 set) is the best set of 'Leather Breeches' yet to turn up in western Pennsylvania. The tune is often accompanied by a rhyme that in Greene County (Pa.) tradition runs: |
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04 Nov 05 - 02:02 AM (#1597057) Subject: RE: Lyr req: Leather Britches? From: nutty There are a number of sets of lyrics to the "Leather Breeches" tune, although I'm not sure if this is what you are after. Old Leather Breeches Maginnis's Raffle Travelling Tinker |
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26 May 20 - 10:42 PM (#4055397) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Leather Britches From: cnd 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. |
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20 Jun 20 - 07:16 PM (#4060439) Subject: Lyr Add: LUCKY LEATHER BREECHES From: Jim Dixon My transcription from YouTube. The same recording appears on several Spade Cooley collections, but I suspect the vocalist is actually Roy Rogers, based on information at Discogs.com. (Click on the record label to see an enlargement.) It says: "Roy Rogers, calling, and Spade Cooley and His String Orchestra." LUCKY LEATHER BREECHES (Del Porter, Carl Hoefle) I went a-huntin'; I saw a bear an' shot 'im dead. I went to skin 'im; I found I'd shot the bull instead. Leather britches! Pappy beat me all day long, But he couldn't hurt me 'cause I had my leather britches on. Watermelons, I used to steal 'em by the batch. Then a farmer he caught me in his melon patch. Leather britches! Gun went off and I was gone. Buckshot couldn't stop me 'cause I had my leather britches on. Stealin' honey, from a bee-tree on the hill, Bees buzzed round me; they was mad enough to kill. Leather britches! Bees was buzzin' here and yon, But they couldn't sting me 'cause I had my leather britches on. |
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22 Jun 20 - 05:50 PM (#4060835) Subject: Leather Britches (instrumental) From: Joe Offer Here's a great instrumental performance by John Hartford: And Hot Rize: And Sam Bush: |