Key: B major
Intro 1
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D
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Verse 1
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G
Three little children
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C#m
lying in bed
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E
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Two most sick and the other most dead
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C#m
Sent for the doctor, the doctor said
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A
Why feed them children
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on some shortening bread
Mammy's little baby loves shortening,
shortening
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short -knit braid
Mammy's little baby loves short -knit,
short -knit
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short -knit braid
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C#m
When them children's sick in bed
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E
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Heard that talk about short -knit braid
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Popped up well, dance and sing
Mammy's little baby loves short -knit,
short -knit
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shortening bread
Mammy's little baby loves shortening,
shortening
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loves shortening bread
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Gm
So put on the skillet and
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Bb
Mammy's gonna make us
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Bb
some shortening bread
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Dm
mammy's gonna do
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Bb
She's gon na make us
shortening
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F
Mammy's little baby loves shortening bread
shortening
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Bb
loves shortening bread
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Dm
I slipped in the kitchen and raised up the lid
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Bb
F
Bb
I ate me a mess of that shortening bread
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Gm
Dm
I walked at the pretty girl and said
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Bb
Baby, how'd you like some
of that shortening bread?
Mami's little baby love shortening,
shortening.
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F
Mami's little baby love shortening
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bread.
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They caught me with the lid.
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making shortening bread.
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and six months for the laid
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Now I'm doin' time for eatin'
shortnin' bread
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin',
shortnin'
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shortnin' bread
Mammy's little baby love shortnin',
shortnin'
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Mammy's little baby love shortnin' bread
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