"Bid Em In" was written by Oscar Brown Jr. I'm fairly certain. Roy Inman & Ira Rogers did it on an Argo LP also. But it wasn't an actual slave song from that sad era.

For some great insight and songs of those times read __Sinful Tunea And Spirituals--Blak Folk Music To The Civil War__by Dena J. Epstein (University Of Illinois Press). This volume is one of many in the wonderful series Music In American Life. I'm gonna try to give Oscar Brown a call to see if the album is on CD but cannot do that while I'm on line! Bye... Art Thieme