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Shortenin’ Bread

This version of Shortenin’ Bread was released by Beach Boys in 1979.

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Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread

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’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread

Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread

I slipped in the kitchen
Raised up the lid
I stole me a mess o’ 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’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread

They caught me with the skillet
They caught me with the lid
They caught me with the girl eatin’ shortenin’ bread
Six months for the skillet
Six months for the lid
Now I’m doin’ time for eatin’ shortenin’ bread

Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread

Shortenin’
Shortenin’ bread
Shortenin’
Shortenin’ bread

Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’
Mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Beach Boys. Some of the lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Beach Boys and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread" means the words set to the music of Shortenin’ Bread, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Shortenin’ Bread and the lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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