PLUCK PSALTERY
(Susan O. Hinton) tune, Shake Sugaree

I'll pluck you a thing, on these 15 strings.
It isn't loud, and it isn't proud.
O-o-oh, Lordy me, didn't we pluck psaltery...
Everything I had is done and gone.

I plucked out a tune, it was a Carolan.
From the sound it made, he musta been a sweet man.
O-o-oh, Lordy me, didn't we pluck psaltery...
Everything I had is done and gone.

I got me a secret and I'd gladly tell:
I don't wish no one nothing else but well.
O-o-oh, Lordy me, didn't we pluck psaltery...
Everything I had is done and gone.

First string on the left, give a good deep ring.
It's the prettiest sound, what a lovely thing.
O-o-oh, Lordy me, didn't we pluck psaltery...
Everything I had is done and gone.

I plucked me a thing, on just 15 strings.
Wasn't loud, and it wasn't proud.
O-o-oh, Lordy me, didn't we pluck psaltery...
Everything I had is done and gone.

~S~