The song was recorded in the mid-1960s and serves as the title track for her 1967 album on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings .
: The verses were largely contributed by the children, each adding words or phrases to the song. Shake Sugaree
: Other theories suggest it refers to a North Carolina Native American tribe (the Sugaree) or serves as gambling slang for "shaking dice". Musical Legacy The song was recorded in the mid-1960s and