I am a roving gambler I gambled down in town
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 Washington many more weeks than three
I fell in love with a pretty little girl
She fell in love with me
Fell in love with me, she fell in love with me
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ear
I love that gambling man
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man
I hear that train a coming, coming round the curve,
Whistling and a blowin,
straining every nerve
Straining every nerve, straining every nerve
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?
Leave your dear mama
And with a gambler go
With a gambler go, with a gambler go
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I hear that train a coming, coming round the curve,
Whistling and a blowin,
straining every nerve
Straining every nerve, straining every nerve
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ear
I love that gambling man
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man
I gambled down in Washington i gambled down in Spain
Going down to Georgia
Gambled my last game
Gambled my last game, gambled my last game
I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town
Wherever I lay my money down
Lay my money down
Lay my money down, lay my money down
Lay my money down
Lay my money down