Short'nin' Bread - Original - The Andrews Sisters

Put on the skillet, put on the lid

Mama’s gonna bake a little shortenin' bread

That ain’t all she’s gonna do,

She’s gonna make a little coffee, too.

Mamma’s little baby loves shortnin', shortnin'

Mamma’s little baby loves shortnin' bread

Mamma’s little baby loves shortnin', shortnin'

Mamma’s 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»

Mammy’s baby loves shortenin'

Mammy’s baby loves bread

Mammy’s baby loves shortenin' bread

Ri diddle dee etc…

Slip to the kitchen, slip up the led,

Filled my pockets full of short’nin' bread;

Stole the skillet, stole the led,

Stole the gal makin' short’nin' bread.

Mama’s baby loves short’nin',

Mama’s baby loves short’nin'

Mama’s little baby loves to have the shortenin' bread

The short’nin' bread is always diddly-da-da, etc…

The must have their bread

They caught me with the skillet, they caught me with the led,

Caught me with the gal makin' short’nin' bread;

Paid six dollars for the skillet, six dollars for the led,

Spent six months in jail eatin' short’nin' bread.

Mama’s little baby loves short’nin', short’nin',

Mama’s little baby loves short’nin' bread,

Mama’s little baby loves short’nin', short’nin',

Rip-ho, ho, etc…

Oh shortenin', da-da-da-da,

Oh Mammy, give us that bread