Old Brown Coat, The

DESCRIPTION: "...Come listen while I sing about The old brown coat and me." Having worked long on his father's farm, the singer at last gets his own property. The girl he loves favored another, but he proved guilty of theft. She turns to the singer; they live happily
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1918 (Cox)
KEYWORDS: love courting clothes marriage family home work
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MA,So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Randolph 791, "The Old Brown Coat" (1 text)
Rainey/Pinkston-SongsOfTheOzarkFolk, p. 40, "Old Brown Coat" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cox/Hercog/Halpert/Boswell-WVirginia-B, #26, pp. 190-192, "My Old Brown Coat and Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST R791 (Partial)
Roud #3114
RECORDINGS:
Lawrence Older, "My Old Brown Coat and Me" (on LOlder01)
File: R791

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