Roving Gambler

"Roving Gambler"
 
 
Intro: G
 
G
I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town
 
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down.
                   C           G
Lay my money down, lay my money down
 
G
I had not been in Washington, many more weeks than three
 
‘Til I fell in love with a pretty little girl, she fell in love with me.
                      C                G
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me
 
G
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan
 
She whispered low in her momma's ear, “I love that gambling man.
                        C                 G
Love that gamblin' man, love that gamblin' man”
 

G
“Daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me so?
 
To leave your dear old mother, and with a gambler go?
                   C             G
With a gambler go, with a gambler go?”
 
G
I've gambled down in Washington; I've gambled down in Spain
 
I'm goin' down in Georgia to gamble my last game
                     C             G
Gamble my last game, gamble my last game
 
G
“Mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you well
 
But the love I have for the gambling man, no human tongue can tell.
                          C                  G
No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell
 
G
I hear that train a-coming, coming 'round the curve
 
A-whistling and a-blowing straining every nerve
                       C              G
Strainin' every nerve, strainin' every nerve
 
G
“Mother, oh dear mother, I'll tell you if I can
 
If you ever see me comin' back, I'll be with the gambling man
                          C                   G
Be with the gambling man, be with the gambling man”
 
G
I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town
 
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
                   C           G
Lay my money down, lay my money down
 
 
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