Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk I Had an Coat 
I Had an Coat 
I had an old coat and the coat got torn, what'll I do I had an old coat and the coat got torn, what'll I do I had an old coat and the coat got torn So I cut it down and a jacket was born And I sing every day of my life. 
In a couple of years those threads got thin, what'll I do. In a couple of years those threads got thin, what'll I do. In a couple of years those threads got thin So I called it a shirt and I tucked it in And I sing every day of my life. 
Then the arms wore out in the East and West, what'll I do. Those arms wore out in the East and West, what'll I do. The arms wore out in the East and West So I pulled them off and I had a vest And I sing every day of my life. Then the vest got stained with cherry pie, what'll I do. That vest got stained with cherry pie, what'll I do. The vest got stained with cherry pie So I cut and sewed 'til I had a tie And I sing every day of my life. 
Soon that tie was looking lean, what'll I do Soon that tie was looking lean, what'll I do Soon that tie was looking lean But I made a fat patch for my old blue jeans And I sing every day of my life. 
Soon that patch was next to nuttin', what'll I do And when that patch was next to nuttin', what'll I do When that patch was next to nuttin' I rolled it up in to a button And I sing every day of my life. 
When that patch was next to nuttin', what'll I do When that patch was next to nuttin', what'll I do When that patch was next to nuttin' I rolled it up into a button And I sing every day of my life. 
When that button was almost gone, what'll I do 
When that button was almost gone, what'll I do When that button was almost gone With what was left I made this song Which I sing every day of my life. 
LW