Roving Gambler

I am a rovin' gambler

I've gambled all around

Wherever 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 Frisco

Many more weeks than three

When I met up with a pretty little girl

And she fell in love with me

Fell in love with me

Fell in love with me

She took me to her parlor

And cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her mother's ear

"I love this gambling man

Love this gambling man

Love this gambling man"

Oh, daughter, oh, dear daughter

How can you treat me so?

Leave your dear old mother, girl

And with the gambler go

With the gambler go

With the gambler go

Well, I left her in Frisco

And I wound up in Spain

I met up with a gambling man

And we got in a poker game

Got in a poker game

Got in a poker game

He put the money in the pot

And dealt the cards around

I caught him dealin' from the bottom of the deck

So I shot the gambler down

Shot the gambler down

Shot the gambler down

Well, now I'm here in prison

Got a number for my name

The warden says as he slammed the door

"You gambled your last game

Gambled your last game

Gambled your last game"