Shortnin' Bread
Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread
Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread

Three little children layin in the bed
Two were sick and the other most dead
Sent for the doctor, the doctor said,
"Feed those children on shortnin bread"

Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread
Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread

When those children layin in the bed
Heard that talk about shortnin bread,
They popped up well and started to sing,
Skipping round the room doing the pigeon wing

Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread
Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread

Put on the skillet! Put on the lid!
Mammas going to make some shortnin bread
That's not all she's going to do,
Mammas going to cook us some cocoa too!

Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread
Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread

I snuck to the kitchen, picked up the lid,
I filled my pockets full of shortnin bread
I winked at the pretty little girl and said,
"Baby, howd you like some shortnin bread?"

Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread
Mammas little baby loves shortnin, shortnin,
Mammas little baby loves shortnin bread

Got caught with the skillet Got caught with the lid
Got caught with my mouth full of shortnin bread
Six months for the skillet, six months for the lid
And five for stealing that fine bread