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I stepped aboard a riverboat that was bound for New Orleans
There I met a man who seemed to be a man of means
We got into a friendly game and at first I won a lot
But somehow when the stakes got high, he always took the pot
With the wild card, he had a wild card
The luckiest man I ever saw
Draw a wild card every draw
Wild card, another wild card
The sharpest man you'd ever chance to see
Well, I told him that he'd cleaned me out of all my ready cash
So he got up like a gentleman twirlin' his mustache
Said he had to meet a lady friend and from the way she looked
Before we steamed for Memphis, brother, I knew that I'd been hooked
She was a wild card, his wicked wild card
The way she played her little game
Made those other cards look tame
A wild card, oh, she was a wild card
The sharpest gal you'd ever chance to see
Well, she took me to the railing and the moon was big and high
We'd only kissed and then I missed the stickpin from my tie
My watch went next, then my ring and brother, it's the truth
I wasn't worried until I'd lost my golden pivot tooth
To this wild card, a wicked wild card
This little lady known as Lou
Took the car fare from my shoe
A wild card, oh, she was a wild card
The sharpest gal you'd ever chance to see
When we docked at old New Orleans and they put the gangplank down
The pair of them walked off the boat just as if they owned the town
He wore my ring and stickpin and as if I needed proof
Dangling from his watch chain was my golden pivot tooth
Wild cards, both of 'em wild cards
This guy and Lou were quite a pair
They caused this gray that's in my hair
Wild cards, a couple of wild cards
The sharpest pair you'd ever chance to see
Now the moral to this story is beware
When you're traveling, brother, stick to solitaire