Rambling, Gambling Willie
Key: CEnglish
Verse
Come Cround you rovin Cgamblers there's a Fstory I will Ctell
ACbout the greatest Cgambler you Fall should know him Cwell
His Cname was Willie CO'Connelly and he Fgambled all his Clife
He's had F27 children yet he's Cnever had a Fwife
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And it's Cride FWilClie Fride, roll CWilFlie Croll, F
Where Fever you're a gamblin' now CnoboFdy Cknows
F C F C
Verse
Well he gambled in the white house and in the railroad yards
Where ever there was people there was Willie and his cards
He had the reputation as the gamblinest man around
Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie came town
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Sailin down the Mississippi to a town called New Orleans
They're still talkin about that card game on that Jackson Queen
I've come to win some money, gamblin Willie says
When the game finally ended up, the whole darn boat was his
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Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek
There was an old poker game lasted about a week
900 miners had laid their money down
When Willie finally left the room he owned the whole darn town.
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Well Willie had a heart of gold and this I know is true
He supported all his children and all their mothers too
He wore no wings and fancy things that other gamblers wore
He spread his money far and wide to help the sick and poor
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When you played your cards with Willie you never really knew
Whether he was bluffin or whether he was true
He won a fortune from a man who folded in his chair
The man he left a diamond flush Willie didn't even have a pair
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It was late one evening during a poker game
A man lost all his money said Willie was to blame
He shot poor Willie through the head which was a tragic fate
Willie's cards fell on the floor they were aces backed with eights
Verse
So all you ramblin gamblers where ever you might be
The moral of the story is very plain to see
Make your money while you can before you have to stop
'Cause when you pull that dead man's hand your gamblin days are up.