: Let me point out the Grateful Dead song "Sugaree". It was covered by The Willy DeVille Acoustic Trio, Blue Love Monkey, Danny Kalb, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen and other artists. No doubt the Dead had heard it and were paying tribute.

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Shake (it) Sugaree. Shake Sugaree Lyrics: Have a little song / Won't take long / Sing it right / Once or twice / Oh, lordy me / Didn't I shake sugaree? It was first released by Jackie Washington [US] in 1965. : I'm pretty sure "sugaree" is a term of endearment like "chickadee", or "sugar pie". : : What is the meaning of the phrase "Shake Sugaree" being a folk song best done by Elizabeth Cotton? The Elizabeth Cotten song predates the Dead's song by about 4 years.
Posted by Brian from Shawnee on March 10, 2005. The song Shake Sugaree was written by Elizabeth Cotten and was first recorded by Elizabeth Cotten in 1967. : Let me point out the Grateful Dead song "Sugaree". : "Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me. This composition was licensed with the help of SecondHandSongs on March 25, 2020 for a traditional tunes and songs album. An adaptation is a musical work which uses most of the music or lyrics of another musical work.SecondHandSongs is building the most comprehensive source of cover song information.

In Reply to: Shake (it) Sugaree posted by mugball-us on March 10, 2005: : What is the meaning of the phrase "Shake Sugaree" being a folk song best done by Elizabeth Cotton? Here's the first stanza of "Shake Sugaree" (I've never heard it performed, but it seems more like the Blues than a folk song): ...the singer's life has taken a downturn but at least she and Sugaree shook things up during their heyday. : "Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me.

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