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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,geodejerry	Origins: Short'nin' Bread (69* d)	RE: Origins: Short'nin' Bread	07 Feb 11
My college roommate (white) had studied jazz piano in Berkeley in the '50's with African-American teachers, and told me he had been told that the song carries a double meaning: that the "Mammy" in the song is a madam, and "Mammy's li'l baby is one of her clients, and "short'nin' bread" is a code name for an (unspecified) kind of sexual intercourse. He didn't say what the "coffee" referred to...

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