我试着将刘双舟老师在美国找到的《拍卖师之歌》歌词的版本一进行了翻译，只能说明大意，是为抛砖引玉吧！要想达到原来的押韵、流畅，还希望大家集思广益，提供更好的译文。下面是译文：

 

“来吧，正直的孩子们，出门来我们一起散步农场。

一个阿肯色州的男孩不听母亲的话，她告诉他应该去上学，

他下午偷着溜出来，没多久来到附近一座谷仓里的拍卖场。

他站在那儿仔细地听，很快弄明白拍卖师如何报价那么快，

哎呀,这是真正的挑战啊,我开始学会了拍卖师叫价，

成为一名拍卖师会让我天下名扬。

有人出价25美元，现在谁能出到30美元？

你想出到30元吗？那就出到30吧！

哎呀，谁能报给我30元呢？

30元有了，现在谁能出到35元呢？

你想出到35元吗？那就出到35吧！

哎呀，谁能报给我35元呢？

那个牧场主已经尽力了，大家都看到他力不从心。

他日夜不停地练习着报价，

一半时间他想模仿拍卖师时就躲在谷仓后面大声地叫喊，

他的爸爸说，儿子，我们不能忍受这样平庸的人用我们的好名声在拍卖会上报价，

你赶快去拍卖师学校，在那里你不会被人骗，你可以得到你应得的名望。

35元有了，谁能给我40元？

你想出到40元吗？那就出到40吧！

哎呀，谁能报给我40元呢？

40元有了，现在谁能出到45元呢？

你想出到45元吗？那就出到45吧！

哎呀，谁能报给我45元呢？

从那个男孩去的学校里来了个头脑冷静的人，

回到家已是一个羽翼丰满的拍卖师。

远近的人们都赶来听他报出那有节奏的声响，

大家发自内心地为他喝彩鼓掌。

他努力去做尽力做好，他的名声从河岸这边传到了河对岸。

他必须买了飞机去四处奔波，

现在他到处最受欢迎，让我们都来帮助他。

他在拍卖师中享有最高的声望！

45元，50 有了50元那个50元，

50元有了50元给我50元的一声喊，

谁会出50元的钞票来出价？

50元55，55出价55，55出价到55元，

成交！那匹马最终卖出55美元槌声敲响。”

 

 

歌词原文如下：

               

                  The Auctioneer Song

 

Well right boys, open the gates and let 'em walk right i-in

 

Well there was a boy in Arkansas who wouldn't listen to his Ma

When she told him that he should go to schoo-ool

He'd sneak away in the afternoon, take a little walk and pretty soon

You'd find him at the local auction barn

He'd stand and listen carefully and pretty soon he began to see

How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly

Well it's me oh my, it's do or die, I've just got to learn that auction cry

Gonna make my mark and be an auctioneer

 

Twenty-five dollar bid, now who will give me thirty dollar

Will you make it thirty dollar, give me thirty dollar

Oh who will give me a thirty dollar bi-id

Got a thirty dollar bid, now who will make it thirty-five

Will you give me thirty five, make it thirty-five

Oh who will give me a thirty-five dollar bi-id

 

That stockman only did his best, all to see he couldn't get

He practiced calling it both night and day-ay

Half the time he's behind the barn workin' up an awful roar

As he tried to imitate the auctioneer

And his pap said, son, we just can't stand to have a mediocre man

Selling things at auction using our good name

So pack you off to auction school and there you'll be nobody's fool

And you can take your place among the fame

 

Thirty-five dollar bid, now who will give me forty dollar

Will you give me forty dollar, make it forty dollar

Oh who will give me a forty dollar bi-id

Got a forty dollar bid, now who will give me forty-five

Will you give me forty-five, make it forty-five

Oh who will give me a forty-five dollar bi-id

 

Well from that boy that went to school there came a man who played it cool

He came back home a full fledged auctioneer-eer

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 reached out from shore to shore he had all he could do and more
He had to buy a plane to get around
Now he's the tops in all the land so let's all give that man a hand
He's the best of all the auctioneers

45 dollar 50 now 50 dollar 50 dollar
50 dollar 50 dollar give me a hollar 50 dollar
Who will bid it at a 50 dollar bill?
50 dollar 55 55 make it 55 and a 55 make it 55 and
Sold that horse for a 50 dollar bill