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Auctioneer

In the style of

Leroy Van Dyke

Lyrics

hey well alright sir
here we go there
and what di
da gonna give for

finally twenty-five
who'll give thirty
now five
who da da bid
at a five
another
forty dollars
forty-five

there was a boy
in arkansas
who wouldn't
listen to his ma
when she told him
he should
go to school

he'd sneak away
in the afternoon
take a little walk
then pretty soon
you'd find him at
the local
auction barn

he'd stand and
he'd listen carefully
then pretty soon
he began to see
how the auctioneer
could talk
so rapidly

he said oh my
it's do or die
i've got to learn
that auction cry
gotta make my mark
and be an auctioneer

twenty-five dollar bid
and now thirty dollar
thirty will you gimme
thirty make it thirty
bi di di bom a thirty
dollar will you gimme
thirty who da da bi di
da thirty-dollar bid

thirty-dollar bid
and now thirty-five
will you gimme
thirty-five
to make it a thirty-five
to bi di da thirty-five
who would a bid it at a
thirty-five dollar bid

as time went on
he did his best
and all could see
he didn't jest
he practiced
callin' bids
both night and day

his pap would find him
behind the barn
just a-workin' up
an awful storm
as he tried to imitate
the auctioneer

then his pap said son
we just can't stand
to have
a mediocre man
sellin' things
at auction
usin' our good name

i'll send you off
to auction school
then you'll be
nobody's fool
you can take
your place
among the best

thirty-five dollar bid
and now forty dollar
forty will you gimme
forty make it forty
bi di di bom a forty
dollar will you gimme
forty who da da bi di
da forty-dollar bid

forty-dollar bid
an' now forty-five
will you gimme
forty-five to make it
a forty-five to bi di
da forty-five who
would a bid it at a
forty-five dollar bid

so from that boy
who went to school
there grew a man
who played it cool
he came back home
a full-fledged
auctioneer

then the people came
from miles around
just to hear him make
that rhythmic sound
that filled
their hearts
with such
a happy cheer

his fame spread out
from shore to shore
he had all he
could do and more
had to buy a plane
to get around

now he's the tops
in all the land
let's pause to give
that man a hand
he's the best
of all the
auctioneers

forty-five dollar bid
and now fifty dollar
fifty will you gimme
fifty make it fifty bi di
di bom a fifty dollar
will you gimme fifty
who da da bi di da
fifty-dollar bill

fifty-dollar bid
and now fifty-five
will you gimme
fifty-five to make it
a fifty-five to bid di da
fifty-five
i 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 alive
number twenty-nine in
what are ya gonna
give for 'em

twenty-five will a ya
give thirty now five
who'll a bid di da five
another forty now
five who da da bi di da

five another
fifty now
five fifty-five
sixty-five
seventy-five
eighty-five

Details

• Duration : 2:32
• Key : Ab
• Genre : Country
• Year released : 1957
• Language : English

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