Shortnin Bread
Put on the skillet, ; Slip on the lid, ; Mama's gonna make ; A little short'nin' bread. ; That ain't all ; She's gonna do, ; Mama's gonna make ; A little coffee, too. ; 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', ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin' bread. ; Three little children, ; Lyin' in bed ; Two were sick ; And the other 'most dead ; Sent for the doctor ; And the doctor said, ; "Give those children some ; 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', ; Mama's little baby loves ; 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', ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin' bread. ; When those children, ; Sick in bed, ; Heard that talk ; About short'nin' bread, ; Popped up well ; To dance and sing, ; Skipped around and cut ; The pigeon wing. ; 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', ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin' bread. ; 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 little baby loves ; Short'nin', short'nin', ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin' bread, ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin', short'nin', ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin' bread. ; Caught me with the skillet, ; 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', ; Mama's little baby loves ; Short'nin' bread.; 