Shortnin' Bread

(album: Shakin' A Tailfeather - 1997)

Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread
Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread

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

Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread
Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread

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

Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread
Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread

Put on the skillet
Put on the lid
Mamma's going to make some shortning bread
That's not all she's going to do
Mamma's going to cook us some cocoa too

Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread
Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread

I snuck to the kitchen, picked up the lid
I filled my pockets full of shortning bread
I winked at the pretty little girl and said
"Baby, how'd you like some shortning bread"

Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread
Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread

Got caught with the skillet
Got caught with the lid
Got caught with my mouth full of shortning bread
Six months for the skillet, six months for the lid
Six months in the jail eating shortning bread

Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread
Mamma's little baby loves shortning, shortning
Mamma's little baby loves shortning bread