Sugar On The Floor
Sugar On The Floor

Sugar On The Floor easy guitar chords by Jean Ritchie

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    • Verse 1
    Down 
    in Kentucky, 

    back in 
    the old days 

    when 
    my mother and 

    father were growing 
    up, 

    they 
    used to 
    square dance 

    on Saturday nights. 

    They used 
    to dance 
    on the old 
    punching floors, 


    you know, they were real 
    rough. 

    And 
    they would 
    want 
    to make 
    them slicker, 

    so 
    they would throw something 

    on the 
    floor 

    to make 
    them slicker. 

    Sometimes it 
    would be sugar, 

    sometimes 
    cornmeal, 

    and sometimes 
    salt, 

    you know, something 
    just to 
    shuffle 
    your feet 

    around on to make 
    the floors more 
    slippery 

    and 
    easier for dancing. 

    And 
    the expression was, 

    when 
    they started dancing, 

    and they'd 
    been dancing 
    for a little while, 


    somebody holler 
    out 
    sugar 
    on the 
    floor 

    throw 
    a little 
    sugar on the 
    floor 

    and 
    that would 
    be sort of 
    a 
    sign 

    for 
    everybody to 
    start this 
    little 
    this 
    kind of 
    clog 
    that 

    they did 
    when they threw 
    the sugar 
    on 
    the floor 

    they 
    clog 
    around it 
    and 

    slick 
    in the 
    floor up 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor, 
    sugar 
    on the 
    floor, 

    eat 
    that 
    up 
    and 
    all 
    the more. 

    Nine 
    to 
    push 
    shoes 
    right 
    off 
    of my 
    feet 
    with 

    you when 
    I'm 
    sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor. 

    Now 
    shake 
    that 
    little 
    foot 

    sweet 
    Sally 
    Anna 

    with a 
    hey 
    ho, 
    sugar on 
    the 
    floor. 

    If she can't 
    shake 
    it, 
    nobody 
    can, 

    now 
    watch 
    that 
    sugar 
    on the 
    floor. 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor, 
    sugar 
    on 
    the floor, 

    eat 
    that 
    up 
    and 
    all 
    the 
    more. 

    And 
    my 
    shoes 
    right 
    off 
    of my 
    feet 

    Verse 2
    With a 
    yuletide 
    sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor 

    Verse 3

    Oh, 
    do 
    -si 
    -do 
    and 
    shy 
    all 
    around 
    her 

    Verse 4
    Hey, 
    poor 
    sug
    ar 
    on the 
    floor 

    Verse 5
    Eat 
    that 
    gingerbread 
    till 
    you've 
    found 
    her 

    And 
    watch 
    that 
    sugar 
    on the 
    Verse 6
    floor 

    Verse 7
    Sugar 
    on 
    the floor, 
    sugar 
    on 
    the floor 

    Verse 8
    Eat 
    that 
    up 
    and 
    call 
    for 
    more 

    Verse 9
    And 
    my 
    shoes 
    right 
    off 
    of my 
    feet 

    With a 
    yuletide 
    sugar 
    on 
    the 
    Verse 10
    floor 

    Verse 11
    Oh, 
    Jeremiah Johnson, 

    let me 
    have 
    your daughter, 

    hey, 
    oh, 
    sugar 
    on 
    the floor. 

    Bake 
    my 
    bread, 
    carry 
    my 
    water, 

    and 
    throw 
    a little 
    sugar 
    on the 
    floor. 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the floor, 
    sugar 
    on 
    the floor, 

    eat 
    that 
    up 
    and 
    all 
    the more. 

    And 
    if I 
    should run 
    off 
    and 
    meet 
    with 
    you, 

    put a 
    little 
    sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor. 

    Oh, 
    swing 
    her and 
    hug her 

    and 
    stand 
    her in 
    the corner, 

    hey, 
    oh, 
    sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor. 

    Ain't 
    she 
    a 
    pretty thing? 

    Come 
    on, 
    her sweetest 
    little 

    Sugar 
    on the 
    floor, 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the floor, 

    Sug
    ar 
    on the 
    floor, 
    eat 
    that 
    up 
    and 
    Palmore, 

    there's 
    a Mushy 
    rot 
    off 
    a muffy 
    with 
    a 
    Yule 
    moose 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the floor, 

    Oh, 
    faster 
    girls, 

    you 're 
    not 
    a -going fast 
    enough, 

    hey 
    -oh, 

    Sug
    ar 
    on 
    the 
    floor, 

    Slow 
    down 
    boys 
    you're 

    getting 
    too 
    rough, 

    now 
    watch 
    the Sugar 
    on the 
    floor, 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the 
    floor, 

    Sugar 
    on 
    the 
    eat 
    that 
    up 

    and 
    Palmore, 
    there's 
    a Mushy 
    rot 

    off 
    a 
    I can't 
    that 
    you're 
    my 
    boy! 

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