ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS

A Collection Of Negro Traditional & Folk Songs with Sheet Music Lyrics & Commentaries - online book

	lS2	NEGRO FOLK-SONGS
	Ain't I glad The old sow's dead: Mammy's gwine to make A little short'nin' bread. "CrackhV bread" is delicious even to a more aristocratic palate, though it is so rich that one cannot eat much of it at a time. Dorothy and Virginia Carroll, of New Orleans, contribute an addi­tional stanza concerning the small darkies and this favored delicacy. Two little Niggers lyin' in bed, One turned over and the other one said: "Mah baby loves short'nin' bread, Mah baby loves candy." The following lines given by the Carroll children are obviously akin to the other, though perhaps not a part of Short nin' Bread,. I know somep'n I ain't going to tell; Three little Niggers in a peanut shell, One can read and one can write And one can smoke his father's pipe. Mr. More, of Charlotte, North Carolina, gave Miss Gulledge a slightly different version of the "short'nin' bread" song. PUT ON THE SKILLET
	Put on de skillet, Never mind de led, Granny gwine to cook a little short'ing bread. Chorus My baby loves short'ing, My baby loves short'ing bread. Two little Niggers Lyin' in bed, Heels cracked open lack short'ing bread. Chorus