The Auctioneer

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 sucker 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