X:1
T:Shortnin' Bread
C:Traditional Kid's tune
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/8=220
K:D
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w:1.Three lit-tle child-ren, layin' in the bed. Two _were _sick _and the other 'most dead.
w:2.When those child-ren, _layin' in the bed, heard _that _talk _a-bout short-nin' bread,
w:3.Put on the skil-et. Put on the lid. Mam-my's gon-na make a lit-tle short-nin' bread._
w:4.I snuck to~the kit-chen, picked up the lid, I filled my _pock-ets full of short-nin bread._
w:5.Got caught with the skillet. Got caught with the~lid. Got caught with my mouth _full of short-nin' bread.
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w:Sent for the doc-tor, the doc-tor said, "Feed _those _child-ren on _short-nin' bread."_
w:They popped up well, and start-ed to sing, skip-pin' 'round the room _doing the pig-eon wing._
w:That's not all_ she's gon-na do._ She is gon-na make a lit-tle co-coa too._
w:I winked at the pret-ty lit-tle girl and said, "Ba-by how'd you like some short-nin' bread?"_
w:Six~months for the skil-let, six~months for the lid. Six months in the jail _eat-in' short-nin' bread._
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w:Mam-my's lit-tle ba-by loves short-nin' short-nin' Mam-my's lit-tle ba-by loves short-nin' bread._
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w:Mam-my's lit-tle ba-by loves short-nin' short-nin' Mam-my's lit-tle ba-by loves short-nin' bread.
W:
W:VERSE 4 could also be:
W:I slip to the kitchen, slip up the lid,
W:Filled my pocket full of shortnin' bread.
W:Stole that skillet, stole that lid,
W:Stole the lil' gal making shortnin' bread!