Shortnin' Bread



Shortnin' Bread is a Play Along with Sam song. The Wiggles also sing it in Apples and Bananas.

Song Lyrics
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 skillet, slip on the lid,

Mama's gonna make a little shortnin' bread.

That ain't all she's gonna do,

Mama's gonna make a little coffee, too.

Chorus

Three little children, lyin' in bed

Two was sick and the other 'most dead

Sent for the doctor and the doctor said,

"Feed those children on shortnin' bread."

Chorus

When those children, sick in bed,

Heard that talk about shortnin' bread,

They popped up well to dance and sing,

Skipped around like they had wings.

Chorus

Slip to the kitchen, slip off the lid,

Filled my pockets full of shortnin' bread;

Grabbed the skillet, grabbed the lid,

Bugged that lady makin' shortnin' bread.

Chorus

Caught me with the skillet, caught me with the lid,

Caught me with the lady makin' shortnin' bread;

Paid six dollars for the skillet, six dollars for the lid,

I helped that lady makin’ shortnin' bread.

Chorus

Trivia

 * In Apples and Bananas, The Song crescendos (meaning the dynamics/music gets louder) when Simon sings by himself or when all The Replacement Wiggles sing altogether and it decrescendos (meaning the music gets softer) when Emma or Lachy sing in a solo. But the first time Simon sings by himself, the dynamics are soft.