“The Old Petticoat”

Description

The singer sees "an old petticoat hanging high" and hangs his trousers near to "keep that old petticoat warm" He says "'Old trousers, I hope you're on form!'" "The night of the wedding ... the father he's dead; he was shot with a gun"

Recordings

• Paddy Tunney, The, "The Old Petticoat" (on Voice10)

References

1. Tunney-StoneFiddle, pp. 54-55, "As I Was Going into the Fair of Athy" (1 text)
2. Roud #12940
3. BI, RcOldPet