I am a roving gambler gambled all
around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down
Lay my money down, lay my money down |
I had not been in Frisco many
more weeks than three
I met up with a pretty little gal
She fell in love with me
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me |
She took me in her parlor, cooled
me with her fan
Whispered low in her mother’s ear
I love this gambling man
Love this gambling man, love this gambling man |
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how
can you treat me so
Leave your dear old mother
And with a gambler go
With a gambler go, with a gambler go |
My mother oh my mother you can
not understand
If you ever see me a coming back
I’ll be with a gambling man
With a gambling man, with a gambling man |
I left her there in Frisco and I
wound up in Maine
I met up with a gambling man
Got in a poker game
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game |
We put our money in the pot and
dealt the cards around
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
And I shot that gambler down
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down |
Well, now I’m in the jailhouse
got a number for my name
The Warden said as he locked the door
You’ve gambled your last game
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game |
