Dear Fingers,
I hope you have been working on your folk guitar- I have, and I look forward to you coming over and playing with us. We have an extra guitar now, so you can come by anytime. We got this guitar, which I like to call Little Blue, even though, she is quite green.
We have been loving playing this Elizabeth Cotton song - it makes a nice set with Rambling Round, and Side by Side.
To inspire you further, try this nice Rhiannon Giddens version, too.
Shake Sugaree written by Elizabeth Cotton
G G7
I have a little song and it, won't take long
C
And I'll, sing it right,..once or twice-
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
Pawned my chair and I, pawned my bed,
C
and ain't got no place, to lay my head.
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
Grow my tobacco and I, spit my juice-
C
Well I, would raise cain, but it ain't a bit of use
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
Pawned my tobacco and I, pawned my pipe,
C
pawned everything, that was in my sight.
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
I'm going sailing in, a wooden shoe
C
looking for a star, I could tell my troubles to
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
First star to the right and it's, straight on 'til morn,
C
I never saw such such night, since I was born.
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
Have a little secret, I ain't going to tell,
C
I'm going to heaven, in a brown pea shell.
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
Pawned my horse and I pawned my plow.
C
pawned everything, even pawned my old milk cow.
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
(INSTRUMENTAL) G G7 C C7 G D G D G
G G7
Have a little secret and I, ain't going to tell,
C
I'm going to heaven, and I, ain’t going to ....
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G
Everything I got.
G G7
Have a little song and it, won't take long
C
I'll sing it right, sing it, all night long.
C7 G
Oh Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
D G
Everything I got is in the pawn.
D G D C G
Everything I got.
