Steve Goodman - The Auctioneer lyrics

Now there was a boy in Arkansas And he wouldn't listen to his ma When she told him that he ought to go to school He'd sneak away in the afternoon, And he'd take a little walk and pretty soon You'd find him at the local auction barn He'd stand and 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" 25 dollar 30 now 30 dollar 30 dollar 30 dollar 30 dollar give me a hollar 30 dollar who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid? 35 dollar 35 35 make it 35 and a 35 make it 35 and a 35 Who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid? Now time went on and he didn't rest And everybody saw that he didn't jest He practiced calling bids every night and day His daddy'd find him out behind the barn, He'd be workin up an awful storm He tried to imitate the auctioneer And dad said "Son we can't stand To have a mediocre man, Selling things at auction using our good name. Now I'll send you off to the auction school And then you'll be nobody's fool And you can take your place among the best" 35 dollar 40 now 40 dollar 40 dollar 40 dollar 40 dollar give me a hollar 40 dollar Who will bid it at at a 40 dollar bid? 40 dollar 45 45 will you make it 45 give me 45 and a 45 Who will bid it at a 45 dollar bid? From that boy that went to school There grew a man who played it cool And he came home a full fledged auctioneer See the people come from miles around What to hear him make that rhythmic sound That filled their hearts with such a happy cheer Then his fame reached out from shore to shore And he had all that he could do and more He had to buy a plane to get around Well he was the best in all the land And everybody gave that s**er a hand And he was the best hillybilly auctioneer 45 dollar 50 now 50 dollar 50 dollar 50 dollar 50 dollar give me a hollar 50 dollar Who will bid it at a 50 dollar bill? 50 dollar 55 55 make it 55 and a 55 make it 55 and I sold that hog for a 50 dollar bid