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The Roving Gambler
Burl Ives
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Ever present on the pioneer scene was The Roving Gambler
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I'm a rovin' gambler
Gambled all around;
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down.
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Gambled down in Washington,
And I gambled over in Spain;
And I'm goin' down to Georgia
To gamble my last game.
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Hadn't been in Washington
For many more days than three,
When I fell in love with a pretty little girl
And she fell in love with me.
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She took me in her parlor
And she cooled me with her fan;
She wispered low in her mother's ears,
"I love that gamblin' man."
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"Daughter, oh dear daughter,
How could you treat me so,
To leave your dear old mother
And with a gambler go?"
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"Wouldn't marry a railroad man,
Tell you the reason why;
I've never seen a railroad man
That wouldn't tell his wife a lie.
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"Wouldn't marry a farmer,
He's always in the rain;
The man I want to marry
Wears a great big gold watch chain.
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"Mother, oh dear mother,
I'll tell you if I can;
If you ever see me comin' back
I'll be with a gamblin' man."
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