New Stockyard Blues

Listen here, men, what I got to say,
 Monday 'nd Tuesday's auction day, said
 Listen here, men, what I got to say
 Monday and Tuesday's Mr. Owens' auction day
 Get your money in your hand and don't be
 long, can't buy from a better man than Mr. Owens
 Get your money in your hand and don't be long
 Can't buy from a better man than Mr. Owens
 He's the man that sells,
 he's the man that buys, I bet you my life he will treat you right
 He's the man that sells, and he's the man that buys
 I bet you my life that he will treat you right
 When you wake up Monday morning with the Stock Yard
 Blues, come and talk to Mr. Owens about his good-looking mules
 When you wake up Monday morning with those Stock Yard Blues
 Come and talk to Mr. Owens about his good-looking mules
 "Spoken": Come on, men. C'mon, buy these mules! Ah
 Bid on that mare, don't it look good!
 (Little Son Joe) Yeah, I know it do
 I know he's good, he's nice and kind,
 have a talk with him before you starts a-buyin'
 I know he's good, I know he's nice and kind
 Have a talk with him before you starts a-buyin'
 The Union Stockyard's a good place to go,
 not for so much talk, but to spend your dough
 The Union Stockyard is a good place to go
 Not for so much talk, but to spend your dough
 I want you to understand every word I
 say, Monday and Tuesday's auction day
 I want you to understand every word I said
 That Monday and Tuesday's Mr. Owens auction day
 I want all of you men to meet me there,
 speak to Mr. Kelly, he's the auctioneer
 I want all of you men to meet me there
 And speak to Mr. Kelly, he's the auctioneer