Bill Anderson Auctioneer Lyrics

Hey well alright sir
Here we go there
What are you gonna give for em
I bid six (6) hundred dollars down here
now ten (10),
and now twenty-five (25),
and now thirty-five (35),
now up to fifty (50),
now sixty (60),
Will you give me sixty (60) now
seventy-five (75),
seventy-five (75)
another eighty-five (85) dollars
Another five (5) and I'm there

There was a boy in Arkansas
Who wouldn't listen to his ma
When she told him that 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 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 gotta learn that auction cry
Gotta make my mark and be an auctioneer

twenty-five (25) dollar bid
and now thirty (30) dollar
thirty (30)
will you gimme thirty (30)
make it thirty (30)
Bid a bom a thirty (30) dollar
Will you gimme thirty (30)
Ohh, bid a thirty (30) dollar bid

thirty (30) dollar bid
and now thirty-five (35),
Will you gimme thirty-five (35)
to make it thirty-five (35)
to bid a thirty-five (35)
uhh, what a bidder at a thirty-five (35) dollar 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 autioneer

Then his pap said son we just can't stand
to have a mediocre man
Sellin' things at action, using our 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 (35) dollar bid
and now forty (40) dollar
forty (40)
will you gimme forty (40)
make it forty (40)
Bid a bom a forty (40) dollar
Will you gimme forty (40)
Ohh, bid a forty (40) dollar bid

Forty (40) dollar bid
and now forty-five (45)
Will you gimme forty-five (45)
to make it forty-five (45)
to bid a forty-five (45)
uhh, what a bidder at a forty-five (45) dollar bid

So from that boy who went to school
there grew a man who played it cool
He came back home a full fledge auctioneer

Then people came from miles around
Just to hear him make that rythmic 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

And now he's tops in all the land
Let's pause and give that man a hand
he's the best of all the auctioneer

forty-five (45) dollar bid
and now fifty (50) dollar
fifty (50)
will you gimme fifty (50)
make it fifty (50)
Bid a bom a fifty (50) dollar
Will you gimme fifty (50)
Ohh, bid a fifty (50) dollar bid

fifty (50) dollar bid
and now fifty-five (55)
Will you gimme fifty-five (55)
to make it fifty-five (55)
to bid a fifty-five (55)
Sold at hock with a fifty (50) dollar bill

Hey well alright sir
What we're gonna give
And let a walk uhm boys
Here we come a lot number 29 in
What we gonna give for em
I bid twenty-five (25),
give thirty-five (35),
and now fifty (50),
make it fifty (50),
Bid along a fifty (50),
now sixty (60),
will you give me sixty-nine (69),
seventy (70),
now eighty (80),
ninety (90),
one (1) hundred,
now twenty-five (25),
and now fifty (50),
now seventy-five (75),
a two (2),
and a three (3),
a four (4),
a five (5),
a six (6),
a seven (7),
now eight (8) hundred dollars with a buy
and now I'm there