Key: B major
Intro 1
E
A
E
Verse 1
E
D
Three little children
C#m
G#m
lying in bed
A
E
B
E
Two most sick and the other most dead
D
C#m
G#m
Sent for the doctor, the doctor said
A
E
Why feed them children
B
E
on some shortening bread
Mammy's little baby loves shortening,
shortening
B
E
short -knit braid
Mammy's little baby loves short -knit,
short -knit
Bsus4
E
short -knit braid
D
C#m
G#m
When them children's sick in bed
A
E
B
E
Heard that talk about short -knit braid
D
C#m
G#m
Popped up well, dance and sing
Mammy's little baby loves short -knit,
short -knit
Bsus4
E
shortening bread
Mammy's little baby loves shortening,
shortening
B
E
loves shortening bread
C
F
Dm
So put on the skillet and
Bb
F
Mammy's gonna make us
C
F
some shortening bread
Dm
Am
mammy's gonna do
Bb
F
She's gon na make us
shortening
Bb
C
Mammy's little baby loves shortening bread
shortening
C
F
loves shortening bread
Eb
Dm
Am
I slipped in the kitchen and raised up the lid
Bb
F
C
F
I ate me a mess of that shortening bread
Eb
Dm
Am
I walked at the pretty girl and said
Bb
F
Baby, how'd you like some
of that shortening bread?
Mami's little baby love shortening,
shortening.
Bb
C
Mami's little baby love shortening
F
Bb
bread.
C
F
E
A
E
Dbm
Abm
They caught me with the lid.
E
B
E
making shortening bread.
Dbm
Abm
and six months for the laid
A
E
Now I'm doin' time for eatin'
shortnin' bread
Mammy's little baby loves shortnin',
shortnin'
B
E
shortnin' bread
Mammy's little baby love shortnin',
shortnin'
A
B
Mammy's little baby love shortnin' bread
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