Shortnin' Bread

Put on the skillet

Put on the lid

Mammy's little baby

Wants shortnin bread

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread

Well I put on the skillet

I put on the lid cause

Mammy's little baby

Wants shortnin bread

Well I slipped to the kitchen

I kicked off the lid

I filled my pockets full

Of shortnin bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread

Well Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread yeah

Well Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin 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 shortnin bread

Yeah yeah yeah

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread

Well Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin shortnin

Mammy's little baby

Loves shortnin bread

Shortnin bread

Shortnin bread

Shortnin bread