My Gal' Tippin with Tea!

Mammy lil baby luv shortnin-shortnin

mammy lil baby luv shortnin bread!

Lookin at my lil black gal....  brings a fond cuteness to mind!   "Shortnin' Bread" is the old song from the Deep South plantation.. first written by a white poet named James Whitcomb Riley not really a long time ago...in 1900 -- the year my Mama Dooley was born!  A part of the chorus is:

Fotch dat dough fum the kitchin-shed—

Rake de coals out hot an' red—

Putt on de oven an' putt on de led,—

Mammy's gwineter cook som short'nin' bread.

Later, another version of this song in 1915 - out of Tennessee... E.C. Perrow  captured the floating lyrics... here goes:

Mammy's little baby loves short'nin', short'nin',

Mammy's little baby loves short'nin' bread

My Blackness colors my world !

My perspective...   just can't help it!    So, I wondered what other African American old or young lady might be sippin tea (and bloggin - no less!)  

African American woman drinking tea (Labeled “The Cup that Cheers”) :: Columbus-Lowndes Public Library

 Taking a quiet moment for herself....

About Tea Cups.....

I'm sharing a new link.... (to me)  American's Tea Room

 I love the upscale Black Girls having a Tea Party!!!   by Annie Lee