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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