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Shortnin Bread

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Dmajor
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Shortenin' Bread:The Bellnotes.
#96 on BB Hot 100 on MADISON Records
in 1960.
INTRO:
DPut on the skillet..put on the lid..Mammy's
little baby Bmwants Ashortnin' Dbread.Gm7  C  D  
CHORUS:
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
#1.
DWell, I put on the skillet, I put Gon the Dlid,
cause DMammy's little baby wants Ashortnin' Dbread.
DWell, I slipped into the kitchen, I picked off
the lid, I stuffed myself full of Ashortnin' Dbread,
well..
CHORUS:
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread..yeah!!
CHORUS:
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
#2.
DWell, two little children are sitting in bed,
one of them's sick and the Aother one's Dred.
DWell, I called for the doctor and here's what he
said, better make those children some Ashortnin' Dbread.
CHORUS:
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
DMammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',
Mammy's little baby loves Ashortnin' Dbread.
OUTRO:
DYeah, shortnin' bread..yeah, shortnin' bread..
Dyeah, shortnin' bread..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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