| lyric | 1. I am a rovin' Gambler,
I gamble down in town,
Where ever I meet with a deck of cards,
I lay my money down.
I had not been in Washington
and many more weeks than three,
When I feel in love with a pretty little Girl,
And she fell in love with me.
2. She took me in her parlour.
She cooled me with her fan,
She whispered low in her mother’s ear,
I love this gamblin’ man.
Oh daughter, oh, dear daughter,
Why do you treat me so?
To leave your dear old mother
And with a Gambler go.
3. ”Oh, mother, oh, dear mother,
You know I love you well,
But the love I have for the gamblin’ man,
No human tongue can tell”
I‘ve gambled down in Washington,
I’ve gambled down in Spain
I’m going down in Georgia.
To gamble my last game.
4. I hear the train acomin’,
Acomin’ round the curve,
awhistlin’ and ablowin’,
A strainin’ evry nerve.
”Oh, mother, my dear mother.
I’ll tell you if] can,
If you ever see me comin’ back again,
I’ll be with the gamblin’ man. |