Bid 'Em In - Billy Butterfield, Oscar Brown Jr., Osie Johnson

Bid 'em in!

Get 'em in!

That sun is hot and plenty bright

Let’s get down to business and get home tonight

Bid 'em in!

Auctioning slaves is a real high art

Bring that young gal, Roy.

She’s good for a start

Bid 'em in!

Get 'em in!

Now here’s a real good buy only about 15

Her great grandmammy was a Dahomey queen

Just look at her face, she sure ain’t homely

Like Sheba in the Bible, she’s black but comely

Bid 'em in!

Gonna start her at three.

Can I hear three?

Step up gents.

Take a good look see

Cause I know you’ll want her once you’ve seen her

She’s young and ripe.

Make a darn good breeder

Bid 'em in!

She’s good in the fields.

She can sew and cook

Strip her down Roy, let the gentlemen look

She’s full up front and ample behind

Examine her teeth if you’ve got a mind

Bid 'em in!

Get 'em in!

Here’s a bid of three from a man who’s thrifty

Three twenty five!

Can I hear three fifty?

Your money ain’t earning you much in the banks

Turn her around Roy, let 'em look at her flanks

Bid 'em in!

Three fifty’s bid.

I’m looking for four

At four hundred dollars she’s a bargain sure

Four is the bid.

Four fifty.

Five!

Five hundred dollars.

Now look alive!

Bid 'em in!

Get 'em in!

Don’t mind them tears, that’s one of her tricks

Five fifty’s bid and who’ll say six?

She’s healthy and strong and well equipped

Make a fine lady’s maid when she’s properly whipped

Bid 'em in!

Six!

Six fifty!

Don’t be slow

Seven is the bid.

Gonna let her go

At seven she’s going!

Going!

Gone!

Pull her down Roy, bring the next one on

Bid 'em in!

Get 'em in!

Bid 'em in!