Shortnin' Bread

Shortnin' Bread - Paul Chaplain and His Emeralds

Put on the skillet

Put on the lid

Mammy's little baby

Wants shortning bread

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Well I put on the skillet

I put on the lid cause

Mammy's little baby

Wants shortning bread

Well I slipped to the kitchen

I kicked off the lid

I filled my pockets full

Of shortning bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Well mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread yeah

Well mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Well two little children

Are sitting in bed

One of them is sick and

Then the other one's dead

Well I called for the doctor

And here's what he said

You better feed the children

On some shortning bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Well mammy's little baby

Loves shortning shortning

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortning bread

Shortning bread

Shortning bread

Shortning bread

Shortning bread