Old Shoes And Leggings

A man that was old come a-courting one day

And the girls wouldn't have him

He come down the lane on a walking cane

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to give him a chair

For the girls wouldn't have him

I give him a chair and he looked mighty queer

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to hang up his hat

For the girls wouldn't have him

I hung up his hat and he kicked at the cat

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to give him some meat

For the girls wouldn't have him

I give him some meat, and oh how he did eat

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to give him the hoe

For the girls wouldn't have him

I give him the hoe and he jumped Jim Crow

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to give him the saw

For the girls wouldn't have him

I give him the saw and he played "Rye Straw"

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to put him to bed

For the girls wouldn't have him

I put him to bed and he stood on his head

With his overshoes on and his leggings

My mother she told me to send him away

For the girls wouldn't have him

I sent him away and he left Christmas Day

With his overshoes on and his leggings