{"id":29235,"date":"2026-01-12T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29235"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:59:01","slug":"roving-gambler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/roving-gambler\/","title":{"rendered":"Roving Gambler"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Roving Gambler\"\r\n \r\n \r\nIntro: G<\/span>\r\n \r\nG<\/span>\r\nI am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town\r\n \r\nWherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down.\r\n                   C<\/span>           G<\/span>\r\nLay my money down, lay my money down\r\n \r\nG<\/span>\r\nI had not been in Washington, many more weeks than three\r\n \r\n\u2018Til I fell in love with a pretty little girl, she fell in love with me.\r\n                      C<\/span>                G<\/span>\r\nFell in love with me, fell in love with me\r\n \r\nG<\/span>\r\nShe took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan\r\n \r\nShe whispered low in her momma's ear, \u201cI love that gambling man.\r\n                        C<\/span>                 G<\/span>\r\nLove that gamblin' man, love that gamblin' man\u201d\r\n \r\n\r\nG<\/span>\r\n\u201cDaughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me so?\r\n \r\nTo leave your dear old mother, and with a gambler go?\r\n                   C<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nWith a gambler go, with a gambler go?\u201d\r\n \r\nG<\/span>\r\nI've gambled down in Washington; I've gambled down in Spain\r\n \r\nI'm goin' down in Georgia to gamble my last game\r\n                     C<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nGamble my last game, gamble my last game\r\n \r\nG<\/span>\r\n\u201cMother, oh dear mother, you know I love you well\r\n \r\nBut the love I have for the gambling man, no human tongue can tell.\r\n                          C<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nNo human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell\r\n \r\nG<\/span>\r\nI hear that train a-coming, coming 'round the curve\r\n \r\nA-whistling and a-blowing straining every nerve\r\n                       C              G\r\nStrainin' every nerve, strainin' every nerve\r\n \r\nG\r\n\u201cMother, oh dear mother, I'll tell you if I can\r\n \r\nIf you ever see me comin' back, I'll be with the gambling man\r\n                          C                   G\r\nBe with the gambling man, be with the gambling man\u201d\r\n \r\nG\r\nI am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town\r\n \r\nWherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down\r\n                   C           G\r\nLay my money down, lay my money down\r\n \r\n \r\nEnd\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTabbed by HofnerBass: http:\/\/profile.ultimate-guitar.com\/HofnerBass\/\r\n
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“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 … CLICK TO VIEW SONGRoving Gambler<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29236,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29235\/revisions\/29236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}