Got a little secret I ain't gonna tell
 I'm goin' to heaven in a ground pea shell
 Oh, Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
 Everything I got is down in pawn

 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 down in pawn

 I'm goin' sailing in to wooden shoe
 Looking for to star I can tell my troubles to
 Oh, Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
 Everything I got is down in pawn

 Pawned my horse, pawned my plow
 Pawned everything even pawned my old milk cow
 Oh, Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
 Everything I got is down in pawn

 Got a little secret, I ain't gonna tell
 I'm goin' to heaven in a ground pea shell
 Oh, Lordy me, didn't I shake sugaree
 Everything I got is down in pawn

 Everything I got is down in pawn
 Everything I got is down in pawn