Shortenin' Bread:The Bellnotes.
#96 on BB Hot 100 on MADISON Records
in 1960.
INTRO:
[D]
Put on the skillet..put on the lid..Mammy's
[Bm] [A] [D] [Gm7] [C] [D]
little baby wants shortnin' bread.
CHORUS:
[D]
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.
#1.
[D] [G] [D]
Well, I put on the skillet, I put on the lid,
[D] [A] [D]
cause Mammy's little baby wants shortnin' bread.
[D]
Well, I slipped into the kitchen, I picked off
[A] [D]
the lid, I stuffed myself full of shortnin' bread,
well..
CHORUS:
[D]
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.
[D]
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
[A] [D]
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread.
#2.
[D]
Well, two little children are sitting in bed,
[A] [D]
one of them's sick and the other one's red.
[D]
Well, I called for the doctor and here's what he
[A] [D]
said, better make those children some shortnin' bread.
CHORUS:
[D]
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.
OUTRO:
[D]
Yeah, shortnin' bread..yeah, shortnin' bread..
[D]
yeah, shortnin' bread..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
