The Auctioneer

[ti:The Auctioneer] [ar:Leroy Van Dyke] [al:Top Pop 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]The Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke [00:02.27] [00:11.77]Now there was a boy in Arkansas [00:14.24]And he wouldn't listen to his ma [00:16.41]When she told him that he ought to go to school [00:20.23]He'd sneak away in the afternoon [00:22.16]And he'd take a little walk [00:23.58]And pretty soon you'd find him [00:25.07]At the local auction barn [00:28.12]He'd stand and listen carefully [00:30.10]Then pretty soon he began to see [00:32.13]How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly [00:35.62] [00:36.15]He said "Oh my it's do or die [00:38.45]I've got to learn that auction cry [00:40.16]Gotta make my mark and be an auctioneer" [00:43.82]25 dollar 30 now 30 dollar 30 dollar [00:46.72]30 dollar 30 dollar give me a hollar 30 dollar [00:48.82] [00:49.86]Who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid [00:52.53]35 dollar 35 35 make it 35 and a 35 [00:55.65]Make it 35 and a 35 [00:56.97]Who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid [00:59.66] [01:00.28]Now time went on and he didn't rest [01:02.45]And everybody saw that he didn't jest [01:04.51]He practiced calling bids every night and day [01:08.29]His daddy'd find him out behind the barn [01:10.64]He'd be workin' up an awful storm [01:12.33]He tried to imitate the auctioneer [01:15.47] [01:15.98]And dad said "Son we can't stand [01:18.27]To have a mediocre man [01:20.26]Selling things at auction using our good name [01:24.25]Now I'll send you off to the auction school [01:26.56]And then you'll be nobody's fool [01:28.38]And you can take your place among the best" [01:32.27]35 dollar 40 now 40 dollar 40 dollar [01:34.43]40 dollar 40 dollar give me a hollar 40 dollar [01:36.82]Who will bid it at at a 40 dollar bid [01:39.50] [01:40.17]40 dollar 45 45 will you make it 45 [01:43.03]Give me 45 and a 45 [01:44.77]Who will bid it at a 45 dollar bid [01:48.34]From that boy that went to school [01:50.61]There grew a man who played it cool [01:52.51]And he came home a full-fledged auctioneer [01:55.92] [01:56.68]See the people come from miles around [01:58.53]What to hear him make that rhythmic sound [02:00.67]That filled their hearts with such a happy cheer [02:03.96] [02:04.55]Then his fame reached out from shore to shore [02:06.70]And he had all that he could do and more [02:09.28]He had to buy a plane to get around [02:12.76]Well he was the best in all the land [02:14.92]And everybody gave that sucker a hand [02:17.13]And he was the best hilly billy auctioneer [02:20.88]45 dollar 50 now 50 dollar 50 dollar [02:23.17]50 dollar 50 dollar give me a hollar 50 dollar [02:25.48]Who will bid it at a 50 dollar bill [02:28.44] [02:29.26]50 dollar 55 55 make it 55 and a 55 [02:31.91]Make it 55 [02:32.87]And I sold that hog for a 50 dollar bid