Shortnin Bread (Sing-a-Long)

[@jayr0ddiek1ns21]

my grandpa used to sing this to me when i was little he passed away in January from covid and this brings me back

[@lockjaw7437]

Sorry to hear about your grandpa

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Yes, so sorry about your loss. Sounds like you and your grandpa were very close. :)

[@krazzymya]

so sorry to hear about your loss, he is in a better place now ❤️

[@internetinsanityinsanity1024]

Sorry for you loss, I know how it feels

[@jilliann.5728]

So sorry for your loss, sending comfort to you and your family 🙏🏻💕

[@tlaxietlkyon]

Brian Wilson if you're here let me tell you: You're a musical genius.

[@memphistim2001]

Nice to find a fellow traveler down this rabbit hole.

[@tlaxietlkyon]

@@memphistim2001 Sure is nice.

[@katokhaelan4881]

Haha yeah me too

[@melissa1774]

I’m not here, but thank you

[@JonBlackTheGreat]

Could have used more theremin

[@2JobsStillPoorUSA]

My mother sang this to me when I was little. She would rock me and sing this. She was born in 1918...

[@ZenaHerbert]

My mum used to sing this to me, too. She was born 1913. I'm in UK.

[@lildarcygal1239]

2JobsStillPoorUSA 😱

[@Supernidyastar78]

2JobsStillPoorUSA How sweet those memories are.

[@diane730]

Mine too! Her mom died in the influenza epidemic.

[@Regresenmeal2020]

@@ZenaHerbert wait what's you are age

[@uuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

“Your son is dying, feed him cookies”

[@Nik3T3kk]

Basically

[@TheCrazyNusha]

The children are faking being ill so that they get their favorite meal.

[@vittoriostoraro]

No, Imbecile.

[@igitha..._]

@@TheCrazyNusha or Munchausens' by Proxy

[@josephg.3370]

@@TheCrazyNusha exactly

[@lifegiver8481]

I haven't a clue why this song just this second came into my head, and I found it in seconds

[@quistan2]

Same here. Took a nap in the middle of the afternoon on a Sunday. I woke up with this in my head. Mom used to sing it to me when I was a baby. Wondered where it came from.

[@user-mc1pk4tx4d]

Looney toons?

[@shundaracastion]

I cried because this brings back memories of my grandma and mom!! Love this song

[@keithstuart8498]

+Shundara Castion My mom used to sing this to me as well when I was VERY young...I always thought it was a southern thing. I look at kids today and wonder if a lot of these old nursery rhymes and songs will end up forgotten....

[@shundaracastion]

+Keith Stuart I personally think they will and it's sad. You know I use to watch Little Audrey Says as a child and some kids in my generation don't even know these cartoons are rhymes.. It's really breaks my heart.

[@momo-_-5768]

Pankau87 but its racist

[@ExitStatement]

Holy shit people are so retarded online. It’s an old song with a catchy tune. My mom used to sing it to me when I was little as well. Because I was her “little baby”. That’s why it’s sung. Not because it’s racist propaganda. Why don’t you go for a walk or something?

[@OzPoohProductions]

Desserts are talking?

[@LovelysPetParent]

This song actually makes me cry. My mom sang this to me as a little girl and I had hard and depressing times then. No REAL friends, bullied brutally for being me, and all I had was my mom.

[@NoBody-um7po]

+Najiya Faye where's my violin?

[@jameysummers1577]

+Najiya Faye I'm sorry you had to go through that kind of stuff. I hope you grew up strong and proud of yourself and your mom.

[@wbl5649]

It's up your ass... Can you play us a tune loser

[@CedroneTravels]

Najiya Faye hope your ok now?

[@alfredocarpaneto5976]

I was bullied and it built my character. It sucked but I lived through it and now I am invincible.

[@rnsetlur2156]

Why don't people get it? The kids are pretending to be sick. Their nurse is pretending that she thinks they're dying. The kids "miraculously" come back to life when they're promised shortenin' bread! Don't any of you have experience with 4-year olds' tantrums?

[@durece100]

+R N Setlur Kids are not pretending to be sick.

[@shortbreadhead]

+durece100 You really don't get it, do you

[@durece100]

David Jenkins No.

[@shortbreadhead]

they're taking the piss out of the parents and then the parents know they were faking it when shortbread was made and they jumped up for it and ruined their lie

[@durece100]

David Jenkins This is the late 1940's, you know.

[@mr.luckyduck13]

I used to sing this to myself when I was a little kid, and I still do

[@Wojtek_Ch]

Amazing

[@thenobullshtchannel8768]

You raciss

[@mr.luckyduck13]

@@thenobullshtchannel8768 youre retarded and don’t know how to spell, you should go back to school

[@sonigokuu]

FUN FACT: They play this song every time that somebody is eating on Warner Bros. cartoons (i.e.: Tiny Toons and Animaniacs.)

[@fredarok579]

Fun Fact: That tradition actually dates back to when Carl Stalling was composing the soundtracks for the original Looney Tunes.

[@laurelbuatsi]

Oh that’s why I somehow know this song 😂 in Warner Bros cartoons. Couldn’t remember where I heard em

[@charlotte5251]

They play it almost everytime Tom or Jerry enter the kitchen and that’s MGM. I think it was just popular in the 20’s-late 40’s at any studio.

[@crystals.6859]

Omg you're right! Now I have the urge to watch Animaniacs to hear this play during the eating scenes. 😁😁😁

[@vittoriostoraro]

ie: NOT Tiny Toons or Animaniacs, vintage WB cartoons, the REAL ones which were actually made for adults.

[@zanenobbs352]

The last part is left out! "That isn't all she's gonna do, Mammy's going to make a little coffee too!"

[@madamDOOM105]

Yeah, my mom would sing that part too

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

I must confess, aside from this being such a popular lively novelty song, another reason I like it is because “Mammy” is what my great-grandmother Nellie (Dunlap) Murphy and her nine siblings had called their maternal grandmother, Mrs. Esther Meehan(one of those pet forms of grandmother or grandma.) In fact, I read somewhere that the term “Mammy” is in fact used often in 🇮🇪 Ireland and Irish ☘️ poetry, so there you go.

[@treasab5432]

mammy is the most used term here for mother still:)

[@whateeverable]

That maybe the case now but not where and when this song came out. This song was in the 1800s America. A mammy back in that time and place was a nanny that was enslaved and to further that the original didn't say chil'in it was Mammy's little n*****. That's why even now it's not sang with the full word children but instead uses chil'in for a more PC version of the original words. Also shorting bread is easy and cheap to make but filled with a lot of fat and calories, the type of foods that back then an enslaved person, especially if they're sick, would need to eat to get enough calories to survive. Historical context really matters when it comes to these old songs if you're trying to understand the meaning of what they're singing about.

[@DimeMindGang]

Can’t wait for Jordan peele to use this song in his next horror film

[@Plan-ETs]

this is eerie asf listening to this at 2am rn

[@Destined4Fame101]

I forget which Fresh Prince episode, but at the end Will and Carlton are scrubbing the floor for punishment and Will starts singing this song. They couldn't contain their laughter. The song is cute 😂😂

[@samreuben862]

I think it's the episode in Season 3 where Will and Carlton prank Geoffrey into thinking he's rich and he quits.

[@certified_boogeyman]

I just watched that lol

[@kevindavis296]

Its when will and Carlton prank geffory by thinking he won the lottery.

[@OsideDubHead]

the only reason I know this song haha

[@mixthepasta]

It's from Season 3, Episode 14 :)

[@beverlybalius9303]

I am 65 , sitting here and all of a sudden remembered this song… I don’t know why, but it reminded me of being about 5 years old. And we sang 2 little babies laying in the bed, one rolled over and the other one said///// there was no mention of one being dead and that is how the song was originally written, By a Black man named John Hurt whom also wrote, You Are My Sunshine….. I am white and raised in Rural Mississippi,,,,, and we were not all raised up as hateful racist as most were not.

[@amandanegrete1306]

My Dads mom is a Floridian and it was always “dead”.

[@mirandascott8058]

No it was written by a white man named James Whitcomb Riley and the song kinda is prejudice/racist vibes. But wealthy people sometimes had black nanny’s which rhey called mammy it’s not mommy mammy is a black nanny… the songs either talking about her kids which I think is why they said ones almost dead because black people were poor and couldn’t afford to feed their kids anything but shortnin bread

[@mirandascott8058]

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[@lollypopdrop3961]

@@mirandascott8058 James Whitcomb Riley,,, one of the greatest American poets of all time! my personal favorite:" Little Orphan Annie." IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WOULD THINK: ---> Look it up. It's CHARMING !!!

[@plubeski]

My granddaughter will start the 3rd grade soon....I told her my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Hiers sang this song to us. This is the first time I've heard it since 1971..

[@lajuanahobson1622]

I sang this to my oldest son, 30 years ago never knew all the words. but he would beg me to hear it constantly.

[@Keurlock]

I finally found this song it was in a Putumayo Kids Sampler CD i got about a decade ago. I personally really enjoy the CD version!

[@Sturmavk]

I remember watching this cartoon on TV in the 70’s when I was a kid. Great tune

[@harveygross285]

Oh how nostalgic i remember Grammys n granpies or was it mama n papa signing sweet Nword nursery rhymes till I fell asleep.

[@general5104]

My Mammy used to sing this to me when I was just a little feller. Hearing it again liked to have brought a tear! (Mammy was born in 1888 I think) THANKS FOR POSTING ! These new cartoons don't hold a candle to the old stuff! Tennessee 🇺🇸

[@charlotter8276]

Wow….hadn’t heard that since I was a child. These were the cartoons we watched as kids….

[@mychip9934]

This song has been stuck in my head for about 13 years now

[@tamerakleinpeter6544]

My Chip meeeeee tooooooo!!! But for like 30

[@pranoking3187]

Me 3 but lik 16 years ago my gma had the exact cartoon

[@TMTMTM12121]

This song is racist.

[@sitkab.8377]

@@TMTMTM12121 Why? (Actually I don't understand why, could you please explain it to me, please?)

[@morphistoslair7265]

@@sitkab.8377 Some youtube video about it. Seems it's more a point of it being black children and the mother just needs to feed them to get them healthy. It went deeper into it. But it is written by a Black Dude, and appreciated by everyone that hears it. .

[@GraceRegan-r1o]

Reminds me of when my mama would sing this to me as a little girl

[@maddifoofoo]

Omg childhood memories I'm crying. Reminds me of when I was 3

[@55mmartin]

Loved these sing-along cartoons when I was a kid, they were always my favorites.

[@fwdolphin]

Love it! I used to listen to this when I was a child. I also sang it to my boys and now to my grandson.

[@nickconbrio5310]

It's weird; more than fifty-five years after I last heard this - my mother used to sing it when I was a young child - it suddenly popped into my head the other day. I just knew someone would have uploaded it!

[@ruthmead]

My mom used to sing this to me. She sang it the best. Thanks!

[@s.j.francis3245]

Love this and remember seeing this cartoon decades ago on tv. Funny because I've had this song in my bed for the last several days. Thanks for sharing!

[@christyhenry708]

My mom would sing "who does mama love? Christy Lynn (my name)" I miss her so much. Now I sing it to my daughter.

[@roberttelarket4934]

I love this song from a cartoon I haven't seen over 55 years ago. Thanks.

[@tikibargirl5548]

Thanks for this! I remembered it from my childhood, and you had it here for me when I googled. Love it!

[@amywohlsein5766]

My mom used to sing this to me but she only knew the chorus. LOL

[@23skidoo78]

was she a slave owner?

[@kwhitaker5032]

+billy jack I am a true Southern Belle born in 1971. I have noticed in the United States of America that all Southerners living below the Mason-Dixon line who have any intelligence whatsoever refer to all Northerners you live above the Mason-Dixon line as Yankees. The comment you made to the lady above ask in Everett her relatives were slaveowners, is entirely shitty! In England when my mother lives there she discovered very quickly that all of Europe considers Americans Yankees... She corrected them very quickly and told them not to ever call her Yankee ever again she's a southerner, from the Deep South! By the way, we are so very grateful to have all the lyrics to the song as I remember my grandmother and my mother singing it to me!! Love love love love love this song!

[@morganmetzger5832]

+billy jack no she was a slave because she was a mammy. Someone didn't follow the bouncing ball like the cartoon said.

[@elizabethrichter311]

My grandma used to sing the chorus by she changed it to Nana

[@madisonsmothers6801]

Amy Wohlsein I love you mommy I love you mommy

[@InfammoTV]

i love how this song bring mostly other people mom's memories while i'm just here because high AF bread♫

[@unlicensed_camera]

My great grandmother used to sing this to me when I was a kid, she just passed away a few weeks ago. Seeing so many people here saying their grandmother or mothers sang this to them as kids is heartwarming.

[@Caocao8888]

My Mammy used to sing this to me when I was a chile. It brings back the good ol' days...

[@susiesanchez6143]

oh my god i love this song it takes me back to when i was a kid oh great memories 😃😃😃😃😃

[@SMALLBLOCKHERO]

The fact that so many people on this post obviously have not heard of Minstrel Shows, and how the modern versions (post 1900) of most of these songs are derived and adapted from songs from the 1800’s that were used in these shows is insane. Before you argue with strangers on the internet, please just do a little research. Start with the term “Minstrel Shows” and the name of a popular composer from the 1800’s “Frank Green”. Once you know and understand that almost all of our modern day nursery rhymes have had at least 1 word, up to entire verses of words adapted and changed from the original way the song was written, but they were also written as ditty’s for these shows, where quite literally the entire purpose of them was to poke fun at the target group. After reading so many of the comments and responses, and seeing people argue and call each other names- it’s such a horrible way to treat each other, when it’s clear that most people behaving this way are BOTH not correct. There seems to be 2 groups. 1) Those who don’t realize that the modern words are not the original words, but feel the need to defend this beloved song from their childhood (which I don’t doubt! A mother singing a song presented as a song for children and her child having fond memories of that doesn’t make neither the mother or the now grown child a bad person) from people who are replying to their comments basically saying “how dare you think of good memories about such a terrible song!”. So they come up with their own theories on what the song is actually about. My favorite one so far is the “Don’t worry! The kids aren’t really sick; they are faking (like all kids do!), and when their mom figured out they were faking she baked shortening bread because she knew they wouldn’t be able to resist it if they weren’t really sick. Sure enough! When the bread was done the children who aren’t really sick got caught for lying!”. Or the one where people are straight up defending the words in the modern version (which are not even the words that people are calling out as problematic). Such as comments like “Mammy is still used as a term for mother in the south. It’s not a derogatory term, unless it’s used in that manner”. 2) Those who ARE aware that these are not the original words to the song, and are on some level of knowing it’s racist. But then still, most people who call this original tune out for being racist; can’t tell you WHY. There are those who call out the words alone. And then there are those who defend those words with things like “you have to remember, it was much more common to use words like that back then. They weren’t being racist, they were just using common words that were acceptable with the southern twist on them. They weren’t making fun of people, times are just different!” There are those who just know they know it’s racist and that the words are changed but can’t explain in a better way other than arguing on social media with strangers, apparently calling everyone who disagrees with you a “boomer” or some other name, so in the end, even though your right, no one will respect your intellect on the subject after you called them names. Let’s be clear about the REAL history of nursery rhymes, WHEN they were originally written, , WHY they were written, WHO wrote them, WHAT the original lyrics were, and HOW and by whom they were PERFORMED BY. After looking up “Minstrel Shows” & “Frank Green”, now you should have much more of a better background of nursery rhymes in their original and intended form. Next, a good place to learn is on Tik Tok (believe it or not) by watching @mackenziebarmen who has a degree in history, as well as a background in visual arts/theatre (which you will understand how that’s relevant one you know about the shows). Basically, history has tainted many things we now see as innocent and pure, and I’m NOT arguing that anyone is wrong. You don’t want to think about the history, old words, etc and just want to go about having your good memories and making new good memories with your kids/grandkids? Go for it! You want to think that these songs are so horrible, racist and derogatory that you can’t ever imagine singing them to your kids/grandkids? Then don’t! All I am saying is that, the only logical and historically correct conclusion that can be unarguably drawn from this is: When these songs were FIRST composed, their ORIGINAL INTENTION was to be written, sang/performed as PURPOSELY racist, bigoted, awful and deranged. PLEASE be kinder to each other. Keep in mind that what you may have been taught may not actually be fact. Shit...entering into a 200 reply thread arguing with strangers, or taking a strangers word for things, try google. Ask the words “How? Why? When? Who?” Those who know the truth or real story behind something will be able to tell you more than just the basis of the story. I would like to ask those who were saying that I shouldn’t worry the kids aren’t really sick, but faking”... WHERE did you learn this? WHAT was the source for this originating story to the lyrics? WHAT year was the lyrics changed and how does kids faking sick correlate to the original? WHO composed the rendition with the new lyrics, is there any way to give concrete proof that this storyline is their intention? Hate to ruin a few more for you, but here is a few examples: This one (Shortening Bread) wasn’t necessarily the original words that put this one on this list, but rather how the original version was a rendition of a plantation song that was composed for Minstrel, essentially taking beloved culture of something that got slaves through their days of hard work and perverted it to use to mock them. Real true to form shortening bread is not sweet at all, it’s basically a simple leavened or flat bread made from scraps and leftovers, fried in leftover grease to add to what food they had for the day to make the meal hearty enough to fill bellies but not give any nutritional value, or as a dessert. People often mistake the shortening bread that is mentioned in this song as a sweet fried cake-like bread. I will not type what word was actually used, rather than “children” or who they were really referring to, or how the entire first verse was written differently, but I can assure you there were no children, sick or faking it in the original versions. “5 Little Monkeys”- adapted by Frank Green... only the original word wasn’t “monkeys”... any guess what it was before it was changed to monkeys (hint: monkeys is still not a great term to use when you know what they were actually singing about) “Eenie Meenie Miney Moe”- any guess what the word was before we changed it to “tiger”? “Pick a Bowl of Cherries”- before changing the words “bowl of cherries” and other lyrics, the words used in the original song was “bale of cotton”. Reminder: check out @mackenziebarmen and her improve on this subject on Tik Tok

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Great song. Brings back fond memories. George Vreeland Hill

[@danidjm8703]

Awe reminds of my childhood!

[@otterboxmanyep4930]

I was in Tripoli, Libya in 1968 as a very young child. I remember seeing this song performed in school by my big brother's class. Uh, some of them in black face. We lived there with other Americans who served at Wheelis AFB and the children of Americans who worked for the oil companies. Many of our fathers were engineers. We did not know everything that was going on in the states because we lived overseas. After Kadafi (spelled wrong) took over we were forced back to the states to be safe. It was different, but I thought most USA citizens were spoiled and did not know how good they had it. I did not see the states until I was seven. I still believe most Americans don't know how much you have.

[@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0s]

A true PO DUNK SUTHRIN classic! Loves the southern drawl in the lyrics

[@josephlingerfelt7955]

All Gods Children Love Shortnin Bread

[@MrRickywallace]

Jez might have me some tonight! Shortnin', shortnin! lol!

[@alansmlth7989]

Yeaa, Amen!

[@SlowingAlmond67]

than i'm not one of gods children

[@bones7109]

Cringy af. A recognition of racial subgroups doesn't negate Christianity you 'tard. Nice boomer post.

[@latvguy1]

"Ethel Mae Potter... we never forgotter!"

[@bdh70]

That's what I remember when I hear this! Wasn't she a hoot singing this?

[@derekm918]

My grandmother sang this to me when l was a small child is when she would try to get me to fall asleep. She was my favorite person in the world. I love you Grandma. Miss you

[@themusicstash2696]

I'm here because Drawn Together :P

[@LuannOsbourne]

no Johny depp did a cool redention of the song at the end of secret window

[@ArinStitch]

this song is so good. the cartoon this clip comes from was on a dvd I have of a bunch of really old cartoons. really cool dvd.

[@thegreatalyssa]

Reading through some comments and about the word "mammy". I'm from the South by many generations and it is true that "mammy" was used with respect or disrespect depending on how it was said just like many words. And that people of different races and ethnic backgrounds used the word. I'm mixed races and ethnic backgrounds and was raised in different cultures that exist here in the USA like American Indian nations and Hispanic too. Just one example is my mom's dad was half American Indian and half White. He would say "Go ask your Mammy" in a loving and respectful way. It was not derogatory. I grew up speaking many different languages because of my mixed cultural background and because my mom's parents were also smart and superpolyglots.

[@SMALLBLOCKHERO]

It’s not these lyrics that are especially problematic.... you obviously haven’t heard of Minstrel Shows, and how the modern versions (most post 1960’s and after) of most of these songs are derived and adapted from songs from the 1800’s that were used in these shows. MANY, actually MOST of our popular nursery rhymes were used in Minstrel, and if you don’t know what that is, I suggest you look it up. For instance, the original words to this one, as used in the shows, and before the words were changed, doesn’t mention “children” at all... I will not post what word is originally used, and how the whole verse was changed to become a nursery rhyme, but it’s most definitely NOT what you thought. I don’t doubt the song brings back memories, and most people weren’t and aren’t aware of back story behind these tunes we sing (all of them were sang differently with different words in the 1800’s when originally produced- mostly about racism and slavery, but also about the British vs. Americans, the Great Depression and Famine- along with the first monopolies that gained all the wealth and power in the United States, the Plague- and other major illnesses like Polio, etc)... Another example, the 5 Little Monkeys- Frank Green adapted the tune... only the original word wasn’t “monkeys”... any guess what it was before it was changed to monkeys (hint: monkeys is still not a great term to use when you know what they were actually singing about), Another example, Eenie Meenie Miney Moe- any guess what the word was before we changed it to “tiger”? Or... how about the one Pick a Bowl of Cherries- before changing the words “bowl of cherries” and other lyrics, the words used in the original song was “bale of cotton”. If you use Tik Tok at all, take some time to watch a woman @mackenziebarmen and her improve

[@thegreatalyssa]

@@SMALLBLOCKHERO I heard many different versions in my life. I know minstrel shows. Being from a family of show business I knew several minstrel entertainers as a child. Most of them were born between 1880 and 1920. I'm not claiming to know everything but I do know a lot... What's funny is just 3 and 4 days ago I was teaching privately someone about some of the songs and history that I know that was passed down to me. Thanks.

[@SMALLBLOCKHERO]

@@thegreatalyssa isn’t it crazy how the past can be changed and how so many people aren’t taught about things such as this? I feel like history is taught differently depending on where you are. First, because it’s hard to admit any dark past, and second because I truly believe that depending on where you live, history can be interpreted completely differently, as their experiences were different, so they remember the same events, only from different points of view. How cool that you work in theater. You must come by some of the most interesting stories. It’s awesome there are still people out there who keep it alive, and continue to pass it down. Have a great night!

[@thegreatalyssa]

@@SMALLBLOCKHERO Some of my ancestors worked in theater. I rarely do any acting. I don't enjoy it much. I enjoy recording in my home studio. I like to self-publish books and CDs. I want to be able to go out for a run every day. One of my best friends still performs on stage. She even played Peter Pan in our younger days "flying" wearing wires... My Mom's Dad spoke Choctaw, some Creek, and English and he would say a-goin, a-fishin', etc. and Mammy, etc. for Mother. I enjoyed being from a family that was mixed in many ways and speaking a different language to each grandparent. Even right now I paused from writing two novels. Thank you.

[@OnlyInItForCheese]

Wonderful!

[@fedrelli]

my mom used to sing this to me and I never knew all the words. memories . . .

[@danoliver6000]

Love this

[@sa3270]

This is about a mother trying to please her kids.

[@tyler-ol3mi]

ok i’m 17 and i grew up to these movies and this was my life. brings back memories 😪

[@Vintage_Ambience]

Bro shortnin bread

[@hopatease1]

mom used to sing this to me also ( in the early 40s )

[@RuthOkeabia]

I love this song!

[@SpellboundWolf]

I've only ever heard people sing this song. This is the first time I heard it with music. It's really interesting.

[@wbl5649]

I sing this to my two dogs all the times. I've sung it to every puppy I have had.

[@ashleyschwartz9550]

I sing it to my dogs too!!!!!

[@LynnePriceStudio]

My pittie loves it.

[@laurenganann3457]

I sang to my pup today cuz she’s been under the weather. That’s what brought me to this video. I just had that old primordial instinct to sing this to a sick child like my grandma did me.

[@wbl5649]

@@laurenganann3457 hugs....I hope your pup is well soon

[@Seatwilight]

I've watched the extended version (A.K.A) the actual show that came with this song from the classics of the 1920's-1930's. I absolutely LOVE the 1920's-1930's cartoons. They where amazing and I would love to see a TV channel just for these old cartoons. So much character and good stories. Unlike todays stuff that has to all be crass and have very little to know educational or moral values. About the white VS black thing. We are talking the 1920's-30's you have to remember the time frames.

[@blu_koral]

Bro what

[@loogieloogie]

@@blu_koral i love how you stole my fathers music

[@Yakkymania]

Friendly reminder that Brian Wilson considers this to be the greatest song ever written

[@petalpinky1]

Love this, my mom use to sing this to me.. thank you !

[@MrRickywallace]

Great song!

[@victoryoutreachhillsboro6457]

This was written in 1915 by a white man. This isn't racist, it's just form the Old South.

[@Phyoomz]

I literally laughed out loud. What about the Old South wasn't racist?

[@AaronFrickeepoo]

Phyoomz hahaha. .. Thank u. I just cannot believe what I'm reading here. R some of these people plaYing devil's advocate or do they really believe the ignorance they're espousIng? I can name that tune in one note. .. It's called racism!

[@chiluyumbe2714]

I had to look this song up. My mum sings it to my son and I love it 🥰

[@rbert1215]

At a party at Brian Wilson's house, he got iggy pop on on a sing along of this song and after it went on for an hour, Iggy snapped and said that he was too crazy....Brian Wilson was too much for Iggy Pop, didnt think that statement would exist ever

[@raffaellasanguineti180]

Bellissimo, meraviglioso!! Grazie!! ❤️❤️

[@iangoldring]

I sang this on the bus going to summer camp. Nobody overthought things and we all had fun.

[@toddavis8603]

My grandparents sang this to us in the 1960's♡♡♡

[@markspeary2074]

i remember singing this song when i was in school with the rest of the class.

[@camilapaolidossantos]

Fofo,lembro que tinham desenhos que dizia siga a bolinha luminosa rsrs lembrei disso vendo esse desenho

[@paninovevo1162]

Pov: you are Brian Wilson watching this

[@daniellewilliams97]

I LOVE THIS!! ALWAYS HAVE

[@charlesmangum2100]

Love the song and the cartoon.

[@daveybernard1056]

Fantastic. I would swear I've heard this before, somewhere, but can't think where.

[@jelsaislife7476]

Davey Bernard loud house? I love Lucy?

[@schiftyguy]

Merry melodies

[@Zacronius]

I remember watching old cartoons as a child I used to hum this when my grandma was in the kitchen.

[@olliemoee]

Who else is here because of Drawn Together?

[@christiansarrazin8564]

Here

[@kimii6568]

i am 😂😂

[@calvincoolio1477]

yes

[@wanderyonder6420]

+Selene Norwood guilty

[@FriedChickenNoodleFace]

hahahahaha yes!

[@BrittanyJudkins]

This is kind of your to share for ours ears as they are plucked

[@xxNikos88xx]

Thank you Haggard from the Bad Company for bringing me here. xD

[@kbo730]

This song is kinda dark. Never realized it was about sick kids.

[@fusionmasterable]

what vhs is this from i swear i used to have this vhs of sing alongs

[@gabriellekenwood7091]

I am wondering the same thing!!

[@puddle90cm]

I know I did but no idea what it was! My mission next time I'm at my parents is to scour the old vhs tapes and figure it out! LOL

[@crzymama713]

LOL! heard this when i was lil -thanks for sharing!!!

[@topshotta3132]

Mammy's Lil Chull-lin! mus really love short'n 🍞! 😁!

[@pinkfloyd5709]

Mammy little baby, love it.

[@pbscraze]

Chorus: Mammy's little baby loves.....Deep voice: SHOOOOORTNIIIIIIIIN BREEEEEEEAAAAAAD!

[@EVERYTHING-dc2od]

The whale operatic singer 😀

[@85Studios]

My mama used to sing a version of this to me when I was a little guy. I mean we're talking a tiny little guy knee high to a grasshopper. Not surprisingly she left out the part about one being sick and one being dead. and I don't remember what other verses she actually did sing. it's been so long ago. I think she stopped when I was around 3-4 years old or something like that cause I had outgrown it, but I got to hear her sing it again to my youngest brother when I was 9 and I always sat and entertained listened. I love when my mom sings even to this day, but she does not sing to me anymore like that.. Nowadays she sings more serious songs like "zombie" by "The Cranberries" and a few other songs. She does not know how amazing her singing voice is. I love her for that as well as many many other things she does. She does not even realize. I know.. it's an odd place to talk about this, but mom.. If you ever see this.. Just know I love you.. Always will.. Your son.. ~Elijah

[@winstonsmith3370]

This song was sampled in the Banana Splits song, which was sampled by Bob Marley’s Buffalo Soldier. What an insane lineage.

[@willpittman9921]

I was listening to Buffalo Soldier and thought the “yo, yo, yo” part sounded familiar and I went down the same rabbit hole as you. Crazy world we live in

[@chrismulwee4911]

Also sampled in Dave Cortez's The Happy Organ kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKiQkmSAbciBkLs

[@rolko52]

@ccjohncc1 - I can appreciate the sarcasm in your comment. Although the song is often thought of as a traditional plantation song, the first version was written by white poet James Whitcomb Riley in 1900.

[@LiaCelestene]

When I was in elementary I sung this with my class on music class. That was around 2007...

[@njjohnsonofficial]

Really? I sang it in 2007 with my class during our music class as well, I was in the 1st grade. Elementary, good times.....

[@Aussieroth7]

It's interesting, when I talk about this song with black people, everyone of them said that they hate the "fixed versions" of this song. Makes sense really.

[@Chet73]

This is an American folk song created by slaves in the mid 1800's.

[@TMTMTM12121]

What a lovely song.

[@ariiii9]

It is

[@Joel-vx7hz]

Ethel Mae Potter we never forgot her

[@daylanfrance479]

I love it

[@JustJonny15]

Oh yes the good ol south. I can feel the racism

[@glendapeterson1180]

I sang this in school; loved it.

[@marthahill8215]

My mother sang this to me.I thought it was sooo funny!

[@mmandmcb14]

That song was once sung by Selloane in South Africa.

[@3rdman4th]

Feed dem chillun y'heah?

[@DSLDARTH]

Thanks Bad Company.

[@beccafoster-jenkins1553]

OMG I had this on tape when I was little. I am having the best child hood feeling with my two month old. 😂😭😭😍😍