| Lyrics: | OLD SHOES AND LEGGIN'S
A man that was old came a-courtin' one day
And the girls
wouldn't have him;
He came down the lane and walked on a cane,
With his old shoes on and
his leggin's.
Mamma told me to open the door,
I shan't have him ;
I opened
the door and shoved him to the floor,
With his old shoes on and his leggin's.
My
mother, she told me to give him a chair,
For the girls wouldn't have him;
I gave him a
chair and he looked mighty quare,
With his old shoes on and his leggin's.
My
mother she told me to hang up his hat,
Oh, but I wouldn't have him!
I hung up his hat
and he kicked at the cat,
With his old shoes on and his leggin's.
My mother she
told me to give him some meat,
Oh, but I wouldn't have him;
I gave him some meat and oh,
how he did eat,
With his old shoes on and his leggin's.
Mamma told me to bake him
a pie,
Oh, but I wouldn't have him!
I baked him a pie and he swore he ate a fly,
With his old shoes on and his leggin's.
My mother she told me to give him a hoe,
Oh, but I wouldn't have him!
I gave him a hoe and he jumped jim Crow,
With his old shoes
on and his leggin's.
Mamma told me to bake him a cake,
Oh, but I wouldn't have
him!
I baked him a cake and he swore he ate a snake,
With his old shoes on and his
leggin's.
My mother she told me to give him a saw,
Oh, but I wouldn't have
him!
I gave him a saw and he played "Rye Straw,"
With his old shoes on and his
leggin's.
My mother she told me to put him to bed,
Oh, but I wouldn't have
him!
I put him to bed and he stood on his head,
With his old shoes on and his
leggin's.
Mamma told me to saddle his horse,
Oh, but I wouldn't have
him!
Saddled his horse and he went North,
With his old shoes on and his
leggin's.
My mother she told me to send him away
For the girls wouldn't have
him.
I sent him away and he left us to stay
With his old shoes on and his
leggin's.
@courtship @age @marriage
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