Mama's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin' Mama's little baby loves shortnin', bread Mama's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin' Mama's little baby loves shortnin', bread Put on the sk**et, put on the lid Mama's gonna bake a little shortnin' bread And that ain't all she's gonna do Mama's gonna make hot chocolate too Mama's little baby loves One little child was sick in bed
When he heard tell of the shortnin' bread He popped up well and he danced and he sing He cut up a rug and he danced on a wing Mama's little baby loves I slip to the kitchen, slip up the lid Filled my pocket full of shortnin' bread They caught me in the kitchen They caught me with the lid They caught me with me pocket full of shortnin' bread Mama's little baby loves