I just heard this played in the background on a new commercial for a sports betting app. Can't remember the name of it. But as a longtime fan of Charlie Rich, my ears drew my attention. I hope it draws more attention to the great Charlie Rich.
This is a very boring version, he plays the same all the time on the piano and making that noise ruins the whole piece. Listen to Elvis fast version from 1975 and this will be forgotten. Funny enough everyone compares with Elvis "version". Doesn't that say enough? The King!
I'm french and as most of french people i don't understand the lyrics but every time i hear this song i feel happy and moved by the voice, and the beauty of a reslly popular song. folk song at it's best. Thank you Lady Elizabeth and her grand daughter for this too short moment of happiness and emotion.
In my discovery of old blues, I stumbled upon the is sweet little song even, and it's just beautiful. I am not even sure what it means, but I have a hard time not having me eyes all watery when I listen to it. As for the meaning, hmmm, I would like to take a crack at it. Since the verse goes "a whole lot of me, did not shake sugaree," it is a way of saying that despite losing all of these things, everything I have, I am not going to go in such despair that I am going to end my life. I have a hunch that sugaree was a ritual dance of an indigenous people, or perhaps the name of the indigenous people who performed the dance, that was done at funeral ceremonies. A whole lot of me, did not shake sugaree.
Still listening, the feeling this song gives me I can’t put in words. I close my eyes & listen to that beautiful voice & it feels like I’m with her when her granddaughter was singing. The lyrics describe how their life was way back then & I can see it, it feels like I’m there. Powerful song.
