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From the dreaded Rise Up Singin' comes this traditional Southern African American song

SHORT'NIN' BREAD

  C
  Three little children lyin' in bed,
                       G7          C
  Two was sick and the other 'most dead.
    

Sent for the doctor, the doctor said,
                         G7         C
  Feed those children on short'nin' bread.

    

CHO:
  C
  Mammy's little baby loves short'nin', short'nin',
                            G7         C
  Mammy's little baby loves short'nin' bread. (repeat both lines)

    

Put on the skillet, put on the lid,
  Mammy goin' to bake a little short'nin' bread.
  That ain't all she's goin' to do,
  Mammy goin' to make a little coffee, too.  CHO:

    

The little child sick in bed,
  When he hear tell o' short'nin' bread.
  Popped up well, he dance an' sing,
  He almost cut the pigeon wing. CHO:

    

I slip to the kitchen, slip up the lid,
  Filled my pocket full o' short'nin' bread.
  Stole the skillet, stole the lid,
  Stole the gal makin' short'nin' bread.  CHO:

    

They caught me with the skillet, they caught me with the lid.
  They caught me iwth the gal makin' short'nin' bread.
  Paid six dollars for the skillet, paid six dollars for the lid,
  Spent six months in jail eatin' short'nin' bread.  CHO:

  

Please be aware that some African Americans may find this song insensitive, condescending, and tasteless. Others may see it as part of the African American heritage.

The guitar chords given here are pretty basic. Many players would be more creative and more complicated.

Roger in Baltimore