Shortenin' Bread:The Bellnotes. #96 on BB Hot 100 on MADISON Records in 1960. 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. #1. 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. #2. 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..(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.