I am a roving gambler
I 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 Washington
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
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
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 dear 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 here in El Paso
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
I am a roving gambler
I gambled all around
Whenever I meet
with a deck of cards
I lay my money down
Lay my money down
lay my money down