The Roving Gambler

The Roving Gambler - The Down Hill Strugglers/John Cohen

I am a roving gambler

I've gambled down in town

Wherever I meet with a deck of

Cards I lay my money down

Lay my money down

Lay my money down

Wherever I meet with a deck of

Cards I lay my money down

I've gambled down in washington

I've gambled over in spain

I'm goin' down in georgia

To gamble my last game

Gamble my last game

Gamble my last game

I'm on my way in georgia

To gamble my last game

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

Fell in love with me

Fell in love with me

Fell in love with a pretty little girl

She fell in love with me

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

Daughter oh dear daughter

How can you treat me so

To leave your dear old mother

And with a gambler go

With a gambler go with a gambler go

To leave your dear old mother

And with a gambler go

Mother oh dear mother

You know I love you well

But the love I have for the gambling man

No human tongue can tell

No human tongue can tell

No human tongue can tell

But the love I have for the gambling man

No human tongue can tell

So goodbye goodbye mama

I'll tell you if I can

If you ever see me comin' back

I'll be with the gambling man

Be with the gambling man

Be with the gambling man

If you ever see me comin' back

I'll be with the gambling man