The Auctioneer Gordon Lightfoot

[Intro]
Hey well all right sir, open the gate
And let 'em out and walk 'em boys
Here we come and let in number twenty-nine
What are you gonna give for the little fella?

[Chorus]
I wanna five dollar, wanna bid
Would ya bid it on a five on a five on a five
Would ya bid it on a twenty-five?
Got a twenty-five dollar, would ya bid it on the five on the five
Would ya bid it on a thirty dollar five on a five, would ya bid it on a five
Would ya bid it on a thirty-five?

[Verse 1]
Well, there was this boy from Arkansas
Who wouldn't listen to his ma
When she told him that he should go to school
Well, he'd sneak away in the afternoon
Take a little walk and pretty soon
You'd find him at the local auction barn
Well, he'd stand and listen carefully
Until at last he began to see
How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly
Well, he said, "Oh my, it's do or die
I've got to learn that auction cry
Gonna make my mark and be an auctioneer"