Tailor's Breeches, The

DESCRIPTION: "Have you ever heard tell of a tailor of late" who lived at the "Ram and the Gate" and enjoys drink and good company. He drinks too much, goes off with a girl, and puts on her dress to dance. She makes off with his breeches -- and money
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Purslow-MarrowBones)
KEYWORDS: drink clothes sex courting
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "TAILOR'S BREECHES, THE"
Purslow-MarrowBones, p. 87, "The Tailor's Breeches" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1610
File: PuMB087

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