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...