Put on the skillet
Put on the lid
Mammy's little baby
Wants shortnin' bread
[CHORUS]
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread
[Repeat CHORUS]
Well, I put on the skillet
I put on the lid cause
Mammy's little baby
Wants shortnin' bread
Well, I slipped into the kitchen
I picked off the lid
I stuffed myself full
Of shortnin' bread, well
[Repeat CHORUS 2x]
Yeah
[Repeat CHORUS 2x]
Well, two little children
Are sitting in bed
One of them's sick
And the other one's red
Well, I called for the doctor
And here's what he said
Better make those children
Some shortnin' bread
[Repeat CHORUS 2x]
Yeah, shortnin' bread
Yeah, shortnin' bread
Yeah, shortnin' bread