Paul Brady - Wearin the britches

^EmCome all young men where e'er you be and listen to me lamentations
 ^EmI courted a girl beyond compare and I loved her with admiration ^EmAt length in time she became my wife, ^Atwas not for beauty ^Bmbut for riches ^DAnd all the time it ^Gcauses strife, to ^Emsee which of us will ^Bmwear the ^Embritches

^EmO Paddy Kane it is my name, me height it is five foot eleven ^Emand Me wife is nearly not so big, she only measures four feet seven ^EmThe hedges I have oft times stripped, ^AI've left them bare of ^Bmrods and switches
 ^DHer skin with blows sure ^GI’ve turned black, but ^Emstill she says she'll ^Bmwear my ^Embritches

^EmWell I am a tailor to my trade, at cutting out I am quite handy ^EmBut all the money that I make, she lays it out on tea and brandy
 ^EmNow sometimes I do shout and ball with ^Anothing going with ^Bmrogues and witches
 ^DHer head goes oft times ^Gto the wall, ^Emstill she says she'll ^Bmwear me ^Embritches

^EmOne morning at the tea and eggs, content and sitting by the fire ^EmWell She broke the teapot on my legs, and left me leapin to retire ^EmHow often do I shout and moan, as ^AI go hopping on my ^Bmcrutches ^DI wished I'd broke her ^Gcollar bone, the ^Emday I let her ^Bmwear me ^Embritches

^EmSo come all young men where e'er you be, don't marry a wife if she's enchantin ^EmFor if you do, you'll be like me, with other men she'll go gallanting ^EmNow my advice it is to you, to ^Amarry for love and not for ^Bmriches,
 ^DAnd be sure of a wife with a ^Gcivil tongue, who'll ^Emgive you leave to ^Bmwear your ^Embritches.