Shake Sugaree -

: Being left-handed, Cotten played a right-handed guitar held upside-down without restringing it. This meant she picked the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb.

The lyrics—"Oh, lordy me / Didn't I shake sugaree? / Everything I got is done and pawned"—have puzzled listeners for decades. Even Cotten herself once admitted, "To tell the truth, I don't know what got it started". Interpretations vary widely: Shake Sugaree

: Some see it simply as a set of nonsense riddles meant for children. : Being left-handed, Cotten played a right-handed guitar