[Verse 1] I've got a secret, I shouldn't tell I'm gonna go to heaven in a split-pea shell [Refrain] Lordie me, didn't we shake sugaree Everything I have, down in pawn [Verse 2] You know I pawned my watch, I pawned my chain I'd've sold myself, but I felt ashamed [Refrain] Lordie me, didn't we shake sugaree Everything I have, down in pawn [Verse 3] I've got a song to sing, not very long I'm gonna sing it right if it takes me all night long [Refrain] Lordie me, didn't we shake sugaree Everything I have, down in pawn [Instrumental] [Verse 1, Reprise] I've got a secret, I shouldn't tell I'm gonna go to heaven in a split-pea shell [Refrain] Lordie me, didn't we shake sugaree Everything I have, down in pawn [Outro] Said everything I have, down in pawn Everything I have, down in pawn