Put on the skillet
Put on the lid
Mammy's little baby
Wants shortnin' bread

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

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

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

Yeah

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

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

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin', shortnin'
Mammy's little baby
Loves shortnin' bread

Yeah, shortnin' bread
Yeah, shortnin' bread
Yeah, shortnin' bread