Roving Gambler

I am a roving gambler

I gamble down in town

Wherever I meet with a deck of cards

I lay my money down

I lay my money down

I lay my money down

I had not been in Washington

Many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little girl

She fell in love with me

She fell in love with me

She fell in love with me

She took me to her parlor

She cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her mama's ear

"I love that gamblin' man

I love that gamblin' man

I love that gamblin' man"

"Oh Mother, dear Mother

Why do you treat me so?

The love I feel for the gambling man

No human tongue can tell

No human tongue can tell

No human tongue can tell"

"...Oh daughter, dear daughter...

With a gambler go

With a gambler go

With a gambler go"

I've gambled down in Washington

I gambled down in Spain

I'm going down to Georgia

To gamble my last game

To gamble my last game

To gamble my last game

Brakes on for Atlanta

I am a roving gambler

I've gambled down in town

Wherever I meet with a deck of cards

I lay my money down

I lay my money down

I lay my money down

I had not been in Washington

For many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little girl

She fell in love with me

She fell in love with me

She fell in love with me.