I am a roving gambler

I am a rovin' gambler--
I've gambled all around--
And wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards,
I lay my money down,
lay my money down,
I lay my money down.

I've gambled down in Washington,
ga-ambled up in Maine
I'm headed down to Tenessee-ee-ee
to knock down my last game,
knock down my last game,
to knock down my last game.

I had not been in Washington
many more weeks than three,
when I fell in love with a pretty little ga-a-al,
and she fell in love with me,
fell in love with me,
she fell in love with me.

She took me to her parlor
she cooled me with her fan
she whispered in her mother's e-e-ear,
"I love that gamblin' man,
love that gamblin' man,
I love that gamblin' man.

"I wouldn't marry a railroad man
this is the reason why:
I've never seen a railroad ma-a-an
wouldn't tell his wife a lie,
tell his wife a lie,
wouldn't tell his wife a lie.

"Oh, Mother, oh dear Mother,
I'll tell you if I can:
if you ever see me comin' ba-a-ack,
it'll be with a gamblin' man,
be with a gamblin' man,
it'll be with a gamblin' man."

I am a rovin' gambler--
I've gambled all around--
and wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards,
I lay my money down,
lay my money down,
I lay my money down.
And wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards,
I lay my money down,
lay my money down,
lay my money down.