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Country Legends #10: The Auctioneer Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/5/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Welcome to the Country Legends Series.

In this series we will be referencing songs from the Legends of Country, Western, and the Bluegrass Music genres.

Each cache in this series will be different. There will be different types, difficulties, terrains, and containers. Each will have something to do with the song though, in one way or another.

We hope you have as much fun finding them as we have hiding them.

The Auctioneer by Leroy Van Dyke

About the artist:

Singer/songwriter Leroy Van Dyke was best known for penning the country novelty standard "The Auctioneer" and the country-pop smash "Walk on By," his biggest hit. Born in Missouri, Van Dyke originally wanted to be a farmer. He earned a degree in agriculture and journalism at the University of Missouri, where he first began playing guitar. His uncle had been an auctioneer, and Van Dyke himself studied livestock auctioneering and worked as an auctioneer for a time. Following graduation, Van Dyke worked as a newspaper reporter. Sent to Korea during the Korean War, he began performing for his peers and wrote "The Auctioneer," which recalled Van Dyke's uncle and was dedicated to his cousin. The song contains passages of actual auction calls.

Following military service, Van Dyke returned to journalism in Chicago but kept up his performing career, appearing on Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee television show. In 1956, he entered a talent contest on Chicago radio station WGN, performing "The Auctioneer." DJ Buddy Black signed up as Van Dyke's manager and slipped in a document giving himself co-writing credits and half the royalties for the song. Released as a single on the Dot label, the song hit the pop charts in late 1956 and appeared on the country charts in early 1957, where it climbed to the Top Ten. In 1961, Van Dyke went to Nashville and signed with Mercury. One of his early releases on the label was "Walk on By," which went right to the top of the country charts and remained there for 19 weeks; it also crossed over to the Top Five on the pop charts. Van Dyke contributed his distinctive smooth tenor to what became one of country music's quintessential cheating songs, a fast two-step number with a certain sly veneer of sophistication.

"Walk on By," which gained a Grammy nomination for Van Dyke, was followed up with another major crossover hit, "If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)," and the Top 40 "Black Cloud." In 1962, Van Dyke began appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. His next few Mercury releases gained only middling success, and in 1965 he signed to Warner Brothers and had Top 40 success with "Roses From a Stranger." In 1967, Van Dyke appeared in the film What Am I Bid?. He recorded throughout the decade but hit the charts only with "Louisville" in 1968. Nevertheless, he remained a strong draw in Las Vegas (where he was among the first country performers to package and deliver his own self-contained show) and other upscale concert locales; as a performer Van Dyke mastered the art of combining a rural persona with country sheen; he offered what he called "city-style country music" on the album The Leroy Van Dyke Show. In 1977, he notched one final minor hit, "Texas Tea." Later that year he also released two albums, Gospel Greats and Rock Relics, both produced by old friend Shelby Singleton. He performed often in Branson, MO, after that town emerged as a country music tourist Mecca, and he continued to appear at the agricultural trade shows and livestock auctions whence his music had sprung.

The Auctioneer:

Hey, well alright sir, here we go there what are we gonna give for em
I’ve got six hundred dollar down here and now ten and now twenty-five
And now thirty-five and now there fifty now sixty will you give me now sixty
Now seventy-five, seventy five another eighty-five dollars on the buy ‘em there

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

Twenty-five dollar bid it now, thirty dollar, thirty
Will you give me thirty, make it thirty
Bid it on a thirty dollar, will you give me thirty
Who'll-ll bid it at a thirty dollar bid?
Thirty dollar bid it now, thirty-five
Will you give me thirty-five,
To make it thirty-five, to bid it a thirty-five
Who would a bid it at a thirty-five 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 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 give me forty, make it forty
Bid it on a forty dollar, will you give me forty
Who'll-ll bid it at a forty dollar bid?
Forty dollar bid it now, forty-five
Will you give me forty-five,
To make it forty-five, to bid it a forty-five
Who would a bid it at a forty-five dollar bid?

So from that boy who went to school
There grew a man who played it cool
He came back home a full-fledged auctioneer
Then 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 give me fifty, make it fifty
Bid it on a fifty dollar, will you give me fifty
Who'll-ll bid it at a fifty dollar bid?
Fifty dollar bid it now, fifty-five
Will you give me 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 for ‘em
How ‘bout twenty-five, will you give thirty-five and now fifty
Make it fifty, bid it won’t you, now sixty will you give me sixty
Now seventy-five, now eighty five, and now ninety five a hundred
And now twenty-five and now fifty now seventy-five and now two and now three and now four
And now five and now six and now seven now eight hundred dollars To buy ‘em there

The Cache:

The cache is in a pill bottle up against a stump. There is no need to cross the fence.

It is not recommended to search for this cache when there is an actual auction going on.

To hear the music click the link (this has no relevance to finding the cache)
The Auctioneer


Congratulations to

Drstevo

for the First to Find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)