I am a roving gambler, I’ve gambled all around Wherever I meet with a deck of cards, I lay my money down 
ref: Lay my money down, lay my money down I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three When I fell in love with a pretty little girl and she fell in love with me, 
She took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fan 
She whispered low in her mothers ear, I love that gamblin’ man, Now mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you well But the love I have for the gambling man, no human tongue can tell, 
Now daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me so 
Leave your dear old mother and with a gambler go, Mother, oh dear mother, I’ll tell you if I can If you ever see me comin’ back, it’ll be with the gamblin’ man, 
I left her in Washington, I wound up in Maine 
I met up with a gamblin’ man, we got in a poker game, He put his money in the pot, and dealt the cards around Saw him deal from the bottom of the deck, so I shot the gambler down, 
Now I’m down in prison, got a number for my name The warden said as he locked the door, you’ve gambled your last game, file from: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
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