I'm a
rovin' gambler,
gamble all around
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down
I lay my money down
I gambled down in Washington
and I gambled over in Spain
I'm going down to Georgia
to gamble my last game
Hadn't been in Washington
for many more days than three
When I fell in love
with a pretty little girl
And she fell in love with me
She fell in love with me
She took me in her parlor
She cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ears
I love that gamblin' man
She loves the gamblin' man
Daughter, oh dear daughter,
how could you treat me so
To leave your dear old mother
and with the gambler go?
She loves a gamblin' man,
she loves a gamblin' man
She loves a gamblin' man,
she loves a gamblin' man
I wouldn't marry a railroad man
and I'll tell you the reason why
I've never seen a railroad man
who wouldn't tell his wife a lie
And I wouldn't marry a farmer,
he's always in the rain
The man I want to marry wears
a great big gold watch chain
A great big gold watch chain
Just see the train a -comin',
she's comin' round the curve
A -whistlin' and a -blowin'
and a -strainin' every nerve
A -strainin' every nerve
Oh mother, oh dear mother,
I tell you if I can,
if you ever see me comin' back,
I'll be with a gamblin' man.
She'll be with a gamblin' man,
she'll be with a gamblin' man,
she'll be with a gamblin' man,
she'll be with a gamblin' man.