Leather Britches

Leather Britches - Spade Cooley/Del Porter

I went a huntin'

Saw a bear and shot him dead

I went to skinin'

And found I shot the bull instead

Leather britches

Pappy beat me all day long

But he couldn't hurt me

'Cause I had my leather britches on

Watermelons

I used to steal 'em by the batch

Then a farmer he caught me in his melon patch

Leather britches

Gun went off and I was gone

Buckshot couldn't stop me

'Cause I had no leather britches on

Stealin' honey

From a bee tree on the hill

Bees buzzed around me

They was mad enough to kill

Leather Britches

Bees were buzzin' here and yon

But they couldn't sting me

'Cause I had my leather britches on