Barbershop Quartet
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
Lyrics & Music Richard Fagan & Robb Royer
arr.by Aaron Dale
as sung by OC TIMES
"ソールド"はカントリーミュージシャン、リチャード・ファーゲンとロブ・ロイヤーの共作で、1995年にカントリー・スター、ジョン・マイケル・モンゴメリーが採り上げ、見事カントリー・チャートのNo1に輝きました。
「グランディ郡の競売場での出来事」という副題が示すように、競売場で見かけた可愛い女の子に一目惚れする…という内容で、曲の途中に競売人のセリの声が出てきたりします。この編曲ではカントリーにはつきもののスティールギターの音など、リード以外の伴奏形には楽器の模倣が多用されていて、カントリー＆ウェウスタンのテイストがてんこ盛りになっています。
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Indident)
Well I went down to the Grundy County Auction
Where I saw something I just had to have
My mind told me I should proceed with caution
But my heart said, "Go ahead an' make a bid on that!"
An' I said, hey, pretty lady, won'cha gi'me a sign
I'd give anything to make you mine all mine
I'll do your biddin' an' be at your beckon call
Yeah, I never seen anyone lookin' so fine
Man, I gotta have her, she's a one-of-a-kind
I'm goin' once, goin' twice,
I'm sold! On the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten, I know
She's got ruby red lips, blond hair, blue eyes
An' I'm about to bid my heart good-bye!
Well, the auctioneer was goin' about a mile a minute
He was takin' bids an' callin' them out loud
An' I guess I was really gettin' in it
'Cause I just shouted out above the crowd!
An' I said, hey, pretty lady, won'cha gi'me a sign
I'd give anything to make you mine all mine
I'll do your biddin' an' be at your beckon call
Yeah, I never seen anyone lookin' so fine
Man, I gotta have her, she's a one-of-a-kind
I'm goin' once, goin' twice,
I'm sold! On the lady in the long black dress
Well she won my heart it was no contest
With her ruby red lips, blond hair, blue eyes
Well I'm about to bid my heart good-bye!
Yeah, we found love on the auction block
An' I hauled her heart away
Now we still love to laugh about
The way we met that day
When I said, hey, pretty lady, won'cha gi'me a sign
I'd give anything to make you mine all mine
I'll do your biddin' an' be at your beckon call
Yeah, I never seen anyone lookin' so fine
Man, I gotta have her, she's a one-of-a-kind
I'm goin' once, goin' twice,
I'm sold! On the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten, I know
Shes's got ruby red lips, blond hair blue eyes
An' I'm about to bid my heart good-bye!