A Candidate for Auction
Air: "Lucy Long"
Our candidate's for auction,
We'll sell him rarely low"
He's just come back from the "Holy See"
To be made a "holy show"
So now's your time to buy us,
Let each his offer call
We'll sell him cheap, as we're short of cash,
"Dark-lantern" "grip" and all.
Chorus:
Who bids for Millard Fillmore,
Tis "Ex-pres" is bound to go;
He's just come back from the Holy See
To be made "holy show."
By accident exalted
To the presidential chair.
He went abroad and blew his horn
With a braggart flunkey's air;
He traversed the Campagna,
And kissed the Pope's big toe,
But he s not the man for our campaign ,
And so we'll sell him low.
Chorus:
Who bids for Millard Fillmore,
Tis "Ex-pres" is bound to go;
He's just come back from the Holy See
To be made "holy show."
A mansion on the Thames had he,
A castle on the Maine;
He lived six weeks upon the Spree,
For ten he was "on-Seine."
He had a sweet and fair retreat
Where the Rhine's dark waters flow;
He also had a well-kept seat
Upon the quiet Pc.
Chorus:
So who will bid for Fillmore,
Fresh from the Spree and Po?
We coaxed him back from the Holy See
To make him "holy show!"