ROVING GAMBLER - traditional 


1.      I am a rovin' gambler gambled all around
        Whenever I meet with the deck of cards
        I lay my money down
        Lay my money down, lay my money down 


2.      I had not been in Frisco many more weeks than three
        I met up with a pretty little girl
        She fell in love with me
        Fell in love with me, fell in love with me


3.      She took me in her parlor, she 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


4.      Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so
        Leave your dear old mother girl
        And with a gambler go
        With a gambler go, with a gambler go


5.      Well I left her in Frisco I wound up in Spain
        I met up with a gambling man 
        We got in a poker game
        Got in a poker game, got in a poker game


6.      He put his money in the pot and dealt the cards around
        I saw him dealin’ from the bottom of the deck
        So I shot the gambler down
        Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down

7.      Now I'm down in prison got a number for my name
        The warden said as he slammed the door:
        You've gambled your last game
        Gambled your last game, gambled your last game