Brogan Boots & Leggings (Old Man From Over the Sea) Banjo Song

Brogan Boots and Leggings is sometimes called, The Old Man From Over the Sea or Old Shoes and Leggins. It tells the story about how a mother tries to marry up her daughter with an old man who happens to have a lot of gold. I learned this version from, Clifton Hicks, who has a YouTube channel. Highly recommend his channel if you like old time banjo music. I sing and play this song on the mountain banjo.

Brogan Boots and Leggings lyrics
Banjo tuned down from standard G to C sharp

Old John Brown wants to marry me but I wont have him
I hate hime though he loves me with his brogan boots and leggings

Old John Brown his beards too white, I wont have him
I could not sleep with hime at night with his brogan boots and leggings

Old John Brown`s got a lot of gold but I wont have him
I`m too young and he`s too old with his brogan boots and leggings

Mother made me take him home but I wont have him
I took him home and he gnawed on a bone with his brogan boots and leggings

Mother made me set him a chair but I wont have him
I set him a chair and he run like a bear with his brogan boots and leggings

Mother made me take him to bed but I wont have him
I took him to bed and he laid like he`s dead with his brogan boots and leggings

Mother made me kiss him goodbye but I wont have him
I kissed him goodbey and I thought I die with his brogan boots and leggings