Shortenin' Bread:The Bellnotes.
#96 on BB Hot 100 on MADISON Records
in 1960.
INTRO:
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Put on the skillet..put on the lid..Mammy's
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little baby wants shortnin' bread.
CHORUS:
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
#1.
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Well, I put on the skillet, I put on the lid,
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cause Mammy's little baby wants shortnin' bread.
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Well, I slipped into the kitchen, I picked off
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the lid, I stuffed myself full of shortnin' bread,
well..
CHORUS:
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
A D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
A D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread..yeah!!
CHORUS:
D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
A D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
A D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
#2.
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Well, two little children are sitting in bed,
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one of them's sick and the other one's red.
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Well, I called for the doctor and here's what he
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said, better make those children some shortnin' bread.
CHORUS:
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
A D
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
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Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
OUTRO:
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Yeah, shortnin' bread..yeah, shortnin' bread..
yeah, shortnin' bread..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
