The Beach Boys - Shortenin' Bread Lyrics

The Beach Boys Lyrics

"Shortenin' Bread"

Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)

Put on the skillet
Slip on the lid
Mammy's gonna make us some shortenin' bread
And that ain't all our mammy's gonna do
She's gonna cook us some coffee too

Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Shortenin' bread, shortenin' bread
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)

Put on the skillet
Slip on the lid
Mammy's gonna make us some shortenin' bread
And that ain't all our mammy's gonna do
She's gonna cook us some coffee too

Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Shortenin' bread, shortenin' bread, yeah
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)

I stepped in the kitchen
I raised up the lid
I stole me a mess of that shortenin' bread
I walked up to a pretty girl and I said
"Baby, how'd you like some shortenin' bread?"

Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Shortenin', shortenin'
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Yeah, yeah
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)

They caught me with the skillet (I said mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin')
Caught me with the lid
Caught me with the gal makin' shortenin' bread (Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread)
Six months for the skillet, six months for the lid (Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin')
Now I'm doing time for eating shortenin' bread, yeah (Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread)

I said mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin' (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread (Shortenin', shortenin', baby)
Mama's little baby loves shortenin', shortenin'
Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

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Writer(s): Traditional, Elissa Milne

album: "Adult / Child" (1977)

The Beach Boys - Adult / Child album cover

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