Artist: | Leroy Van Dyke (English) |
User: | Don Dickert |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Auctioneer
Hey well alright sir here we go there
And what are ya' gonna give for 'em
I have a six hundred dollar down here
Now ten and now twenty-five and now thirty-five
And now there fifty now sixty
Will ya give me sixty now seventy-five
Seventy-five another eighty-five dollars
Oughta buy 'em there
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There was a boy in Arkansas
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Who wouldn't listen to his ma
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When she told him that he should go to school
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He'd sneak away in the afternoon
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Take a little walk and then pretty soon
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You'd find him at the local auction barn
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Well he'd stand and listen carefully
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And then pretty soon he began to see
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How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly
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He said oh my it's do or die
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I've got to learn that auction cry
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Gotta make my mark and be an auctioneer
Twenty-five dollar bid it now thirty dollar thirty
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Will you gimmie thirty make it thirty
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Bid it on a thirty dollar will you gimmie thirty dollar bid
Thirty dollar bid it now thirty-five
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Will you gimmie thirty-five
To make it thirty-five to bid it a thirty-five
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Who woulda bid it at a thirty-five dollar bid
Well as time went on he did his best
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And all could see he didn't jest
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He practiced calling bids both night and day
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His pop would find him behind the barn
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Just a working up an awful storm
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As he tried to imitate the auctioneer
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His dad said son we just can't
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Stand to have a mediocre man
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Selling things at action using our name
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I'll send you off to auction school
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And then you'll be nobody's fool
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You can take your place among the best
Thirty-five dollar bid it now forty dollar forty
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Will you gimmie forty make it forty
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Bid it on a forty dollar will you gimmie forty dollar bid
Forty dollar bid it now forty-five
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Will you gimmie forty-five
To make it forty-five to bid it a forty-five
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Who woulda bid it at a forty-five dollar bid
So from that boy who went to school
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There grew a man who played it cool
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He came back home a full fledged auctioneer
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And the people came from miles around
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Just to hear him make that rhythmic sound
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That fill their hearts with such a happy cheer
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His fame spread out from shore to shore
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He had all he could do and more
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Had to buy a plane to get around
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Now he's the best in all the land
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Let's pause and give that man a hand
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He's the best of all the auctioneers
Forty-five dollar bid it now fifty dollar fifty
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Will you gimmie fifty make it fifty
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Bid it on a fifty dollar will you gimmie fifty dollar bid
Fifty dollar bid it now fifty-five
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Will you gimmie fifty-five
To make it fifty-five to bid it a fifty-five
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Sold that hog for a fifty dollar bill
Hey well alright sir open the gate
And let 'em out and walk 'em boys
Here we come with lot number 29 in
What'd ya gonna give for ‘em
I have a twenty-five I oughta get thirty-five
And now a fifty make it fifty bid it along at fifty
Now sixty will ya give me sixty now seventy-five
And now eight-five and now nine-five
A hundred and now twenty-five
And now it’s at seventy-five
And a two and a three and a four
And a five and a six now seven
Now eight hundred dollars
And a buy ‘em there