Wearing The Britches chords by
Frank Harte
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Key: D# minor
Verse 1
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Oh,
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come all young men,
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where 'er you be,
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And listen to my lamentation.
Well, I courted a girl beyond compare,
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And I loved her with admiration.
At length, in time, she became my wife,
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T 'was not for beauty, but for riches.
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And all the time it causes strife
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to see which of us will wear the britches
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Well Paddy Cain it is my name,
my height it is five foot eleven
And my wife she's nearly not so big,
she only measures four foot seven
The hedges I have often stripped,
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I've left them bare of rods and switches
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Her skin that's fair,
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sure I've turned black,
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but still she swears she'll wear my britches
I am a tailor to my trade,
at cutting out I am quite handy
But sure all the money that I make,
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she lays it out on tay and brandy
Now sometimes I do shout and bawl,
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there's nothing going but
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rogues and witches
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Her head goes often to the wall,
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but still she swears she'd
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wear my britches.
One morning at the tay,
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and legs contented sitting by the fire,
Well, she blowed the tape off on me legs
and left me lapping to retire.
Now that I do shout and moan
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as I go hopping on my crutches,
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Well, I wish I'd broke my collarbone
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The day I let her wear my breeches
So, come all you men, where 'er you be
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Don't marry a wife if she's enchanting
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For if you do, you'll end like me
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With other men she'll go galanting
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Now, my advice it is to use
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To marry for love and work for riches
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And be sure of a wife with
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an honest tongue
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Who'll give you leave to wear your britches
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