Elizabeth ‘Lib-ba”Cotten(1896-1987)

C Have a little song - won't take longFSing it right, once or twice F COh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree? G7 CEverything I got is done and pawned G7 C Everything I got is done and pawned

CPawn my watch, pawn my chainFFPawn everything that was in my name

Pawn my chair, pawn my bedAin't got nowhere now to lay my head

Pawn my tobacco, pawn my pipePawned everything that was in my sight

(Fiddles!)

Pawn my farm, pawn my ploughPawn my farm, pawn my ploughPawned everything, even pawned my old cow

Chew my tobacco, spit my juiceWould raise some cain, but it ain't a bit 'a use

Have a little secret, I ain't gonna tellI'm going to heaven in a brown pea shell

Oh, lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree?Everything I got is done and pawnedEverything I got is done and pawnedEverything I got is done and pawned

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Shake Sugaree 1963-64 uke version: 11.15.16 TE