Shake Sugaree from Shallow Graves by The Maledictions
Adapted from the traditional Shake Sugaree. Words and Music by Kevin Orton (BMI). Copyright 2019 Kevin Orton. All rights reserved.
Tracklist
| 9. | Shake Sugaree | 4:22 |
Lyrics
I got a secret
I shouldn't tell
I'm going to heaven
In a split pea shell
Lordy me
Didn't we shake Sugaree
Everything I have
Is down in pawn
I pawned my watch
I pawned my chain
Even tried to sell myself
But I got so ashamed
Lordy me
Didn't we shake Sugaree
Everything I have
Is down in pawn
I found a needle
In a lullaby
Now all my friends say
I'm fixin' to die
Lordy me
Didn't we shake Sugaree
Everything I have
Is down in pawn
I pawned my pistols
I pawned my bed
Now there ain't no where
For me to lay my fool head
Lordy me
Didn't we shake Sugaree
Everything I have
Is down in pawn
I got a secret
Sssh I shouldn't tell
I'm going to heaven
In a split pea shell
Lordy me
Didn't we shake Sugaree
Everything I have
Is down in pawn
Credits
Kevin Orton- guitar, vocals
Andre Fratto- flute, atmospherics
License
All rights reserved.
The Maledictions' sound has been called "Gothic Americana", "Country Noir" and "Nick Cave meets Johhny Cash". "It's all just Folk Music," says band leader, Kevin Orton, "Maybe aggressive Folk but Folk music...I tend to write songs about people who are uninsured". After a solo album, FEMME NOIR (featuring Gordon Gano), Orton formed The Maledictions. Full discography here from albums to singles.