I am a roving gambler, gamble down in town Wherever I meet with a deck of cards, I lay my money down
I gamble down in Washington, gamble down in Spain Goin' down to Georgia, gamble my last game Gamble my last game, gamble my last game
I have not been in Washington many more weeks than three When I fell in love with a pretty little girl and she fell in love with me
She took me in her palace, she fooled me with her fame Whip her glue in her mother's ear, I love this gamblin' man I love this gamblin' man, love this gamblin' man
Oh, daughter, my dear daughter, why do you treat me so To leave your dear old mother and whip a gambler cold Oh, mama, my dear mama, you know I love you well But the love I hold for the gamblin' man no human tongue can tell
Human tongue can't tell, human tongue can't tell
I hear the train a-comin', comin' round the curve A-whistlin' and a-blowin', strainin' every nerve Oh, mama, my dear mama, I'll tell you if I can If you ever see me comin' back, I'll be with the gamblin' man
Be with the gamblin' man, be with the gamblin' man Be with the gamblin' man, be with the gamblin' man