Shortnin' Bread is a Play Along with Sam song. The Wiggles also sing it in Apples and Bananas.
Song Credits
- Written by: Traditional
- Arranged by: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
- Published by: Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd
- Music Produced by: Anthony Field
- Music Recorded at Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
- Music Recorded and Mixed by by: Alex Keller
- Mastered by: Don Bartley
- Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
- Musicians: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Alex Keller
Song Lyrics: The Wiggles Version
Lachy: Three little children lying in bed,
Two were sick, and the others full of dread.
Simon: Sent for the doctor and the doctor said,
Give those children some shortnin bread.
Emma: Mama's little baby loves shortnin, shortnin
Mama's little baby loves shortnin bread.
The Wiggles: Mama's little baby loves shortnin, shortnin
Mama's little baby loves shortnin bread.
Lachy: Put on the the skillet and slip on the lid,
Mama's gonna make a little shortnin bread,
Simon: That ain't all that she's gonna do,
Mama's gonna make a little coffee too.
Emma:Mama's little baby loves shortnin shortnin
Mama's little baby loves shortnin bread.
The Wiggles: Mama's little babies love shortnin, shortin,
Mama's little babies love shortnin bread.
Lachy: When those children sick in bed,
Heard that talk about shortin bread.
Simon: Popped up well to dance and sing,
Skipped around and caught the pigeon wing.
Emma: Mama's little baby loves shortnin shortnin
Mama's little baby loves shortnin bread.
Lachy and Emma:Mamma's little baby lives shortnin shortnin
Mamma's little baby loves shortnin bread.
The Wiggles: Mama's little baby loves shortnin shortnin
Mamma's little baby loves shortnin bread.
Mamma's little baby loves shortnin shortnin
Mamma's little baby loves shortnin bread.
( Repeat Chorus.)
Play Along With Sam Version
(Intro)
Bam Bam Binos: Mama' little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mama's little baby loves shortin bread.
Mamma's little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mamma's little baby loves shortin bread.
Sam: Put on the skid, slip on the lid,
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin bread.
That ain't all she's gonna do,
Mamma's gonna make a little cocoa too.
Bam Bam Binos:Mama's little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mamma's little baby loves shortin bread.
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin, shortin,
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin bread.
Shortin, shortin, bread.
Shortin, shortin bread.
Sam: Three little children lying in bed,
Feelin' sick with an awful sore head.
Sent for the doctor and the doctor said,
Give those children some shortin bread.
Bam Bam Binos: Mamma's little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mamma's little baby loves shortin bread.
Mamma's little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mamma's little baby loves shortin bread.
Sam: When those children sick in bed,
Heard that talk about shortin bread.
Popped up well, to dance and sing,
Skipped around and caught the pigeon wing.
Bam Bam Binos: Mamma's little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mamma's little baby loves shortin bread.
Mamma's little baby loves shortin, shortin,
Mamma's little baby loves shortin bread.
Sam (while Bam Bam Binos sing chorus in background): Put on the skid,
Slip on the lid, Mamma's gonna make a little shortin bread.
That ain't all that she's gonna do,
Mamma's gonna make a little cocoa too.
Bam Bam Binos and Sam: Mamma's gonna make a little shortin, shortin,
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin bread.
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin, shortin,
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin bread.
Bam Bam Binos: Mamma's gonna make a little shortin, shortin,
Mamma's gonna make a little shortin bread.
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.
- The Wiggles' version has a fast tempo, compared to Sam's, which is much slower. Also, the lyrics are either different or in a different order.
- The first 4 lines are similair to Five Little Joeys.
- The song was written by James Whitcomb Riley.
- The song was uploaded on The Wiggles' YouTube Channel on April 11th 2017.