Tyler Ramsey - Shake Sugaree (Elizabeth Cotten cover) [Official Music Video]

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"Shake Sugaree" (Elizabeth Cotten cover) is from Tyler's EP, "Found A Picture of You", listen here: https://found.ee/TRfoundapictureofyou
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"Elizabeth Cotten has been a hero of mine since I began really focusing on the guitar. She informed my playing and sense of melody as much as anyone. There is a fantastic children’s book called Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten, by Laura Veirs, that I bought and read to my daughter. We listened to Elizabeth Cotten and started to play this song together in the living room one day. I went down and recorded a version and decided to send it to my friend Billy Alletzhauser; he and I have been friends forever and have played a lot together over the years. I love what he added to this song. You can also hear my daughter, Sylvie, singing on this!"

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LYRICS:
“Shake Sugaree” – Elizabeth Cotten
Have a little song
Won't take long
Sing it right
Once or twice

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

Pawned my watch
Pawned my chain
Pawned everything that was in my name

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

Pawned my chair
Pawned my bed
Ain't got nowhere to lay my head

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

Have a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven

And I’m not going to hell

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

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Video edited by Ryan Pawlak

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