Tablature the auctioneer - Leroy van Dyke

          



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  Date: 10/23/97; 10:34:00 PM

  From: ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Gene L. Graham)

  Subject: AUCTIONEER

  

  

  THE AUCTIONEER

  Recorded by LeRoy Van Dyke

  Words and music by LeRoy Van Dyke and Buddy Black

  

  [C] There was a boy in Arkansas

  Who [F] wouldn't listen to his ma

  When [G] she told him he should go to [C] school [G]

  He'd [C] sneak away in the afternoon

  Take a [F] little walk and pretty soon

  You'd [G] find him at the local auction [C] barn.

  

  He'd [F] stand and listen carefully

  Then [C] pretty soon he began to see

  How the [D] auctioneer could talk so rapid-[G] ly

  He [C] said, "Oh, my, it's do or die

  I've [F] got to learn that auction cry

  Gotta [G] make my mark and be an auction-[C] eer."

  

  [C] Twenty-five dollar bid it now, thirty dollar, thirty

  Will you [F] gimmie thirty, make it thirty

  Bid it on a thirty dollar, will you gimmie thirty

  [G] Who'll-ll bid it at a thirty dollar [C] bid? [G]

  [C] Thirty dollar bid it now, thirty-five

  Will you [F] gimmie thirty-five,

  To make it thirty-five, to bid it a thirty-five

  [G] Who woulda bid it at a thirty-five dollar [C] bid?

  

  As time went on, he did his best

  And all could see he didn't jest

  He practiced calling bids both night and day

  His pap would find him behind the barn

  Just working 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 using 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 it now, forty dollar, forty

  Will you gimmie forty, make it forty

  Bid it on a forty dollar, will you gimmie forty

  Who'll-ll bid it at a forty dollar bid?

  Forty dollar bid it now, forty-five

  Will you gimmie forty-five,

  To make it forty-five, to bid it a forty-five

  Who woulda bid it at a forty-five dollar bid?

  

  So from that boy who went to school

  There grew a man who played it cool

  And came back home a full-fledged auctioneer

  And 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 and give that man a hand

  He's the best of all the auctioneers.

  

  Forty-five dollar bid it now, fifty dollar, fifty

  Will you gimmie fifty, make it fifty

  Bid it on a fifty dollar, will you gimmie fifty

  Who'll-ll bid it at a fifty dollar bid?

  Fifty dollar bid it now, fifty-five

  Will you gimmie fifty-five,

  To make it fifty-five, to bid it a fifty-five

  Sold that horse for a fifty-five 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?

    


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 The auctioneer, de Leroy van dyke 

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