Leather Breeches

DESCRIPTION: "I went down town And I wore my leather breeches. I couldn't see the people For looking at the peaches." "I went down town And I got a pound of butter; I come home drunk And I throwed it in the gutter." Or "Leather breeches, finger stitches, Mammy sewed"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: drink clothes food
FOUND IN: US(Ap,SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 322, "Leather Breeches" (1 short text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 322, "Leather Breeches" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Thomas-DevilsDitties, pp. 134-135, "Leather Breeches" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #15748
NOTES [28 words]: Is the Brown text fiddler's mnemonic for Leather Britches? It's not possible to tell from Brown. Thomas's text, which is different, is clearly a fiddler's mnemonic. - RBW
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