Tác giả : Gordon Lightfoot
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Hey well all right sir, open the gate 
Let'em out and walk'em boys 
Here we come with lot number twenty-nine 
What are you gonna give for the little fella 
 
Well there was a boy from 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 and take a walk and pretty soon 
You'd find him at the local auction barn 
He'd stand and listen carefully until at last 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 
Gonna make my mark and be an auctioneer" 
 
Well the time went by and he did his best and all could see he did not jest 
He practiced calling bids both night and day 
Til his pappy found him behind the barn just working up an awful storm 
As he tried to imitate the auctioneer 
His pop said "son we just can't stand to have a mediocre man 
Selling things at auction using our good name 
Gonna send you off to auction school and then you'll be nobody's fool 
And you can take your place among the best" 
 
And from that boy that went to school there grew a man who played it cool 
He come back home a full fledged auctioneer 
And the people would come from miles around 
Just to hear him make that rhythmic sound 
That filled their hearts with such a happy cheer 
And his fame spread out from shore to shore 
He'd all that he could do and more 
He had to buy a plane to get around 
Now he's the best in all the land, let's pause and give that man a hand 
For he's the best of all the auctioneers