The Rovin' Gambler

The Rovin' Gambler - Eddy Arnold

I am a roving gambler

I've gambled all around

Whenever I need with the deck of cards

I lay my money down

I've gambled down in Washington

I've gambled over in Spain

I'm on my way to Tennessee

To get down my last game

I had not been in Washington

Many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little maid

Who she in love with me

She took me in her parlor

She cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in mother's ear

I love that gambling man

Oh daughter oh dear daughter

How could you treat me so

To leave your dear old mother

And with the gambler go

Oh mother my dear mother you know

I love you well

But the love I have for the gambling man

No human tongue can tell

I wouldn't marry a farmer

He's always in the rain

I wouldn't marry a railroad man

Who's always on a train

I wouldn't marry a doctor

He's always gone from home

All I want is the gambling man fore

He leave me alone

I hear a train a coming a coming roun the curve

A whistlin' and a blowin' and strainin' every nerve

Oh mother oh dear mother I'll tell you if I can

If you ever see me coming back

I'll be with that gambling man