Capo 4


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I am a roving gambler I gambled all around

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
               
I lay my money down
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Lay my money down, lay my money down

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I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three

I met up with a pretty little girl
    
She fell in love with me
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Fell in love with me, fell in love with me

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She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her mother's ear
  
I love that gambling man
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Love that gambling man, love that gambling man

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Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?

Leave your dear old mother
   
And with a gambler go
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With a gambler go, with a gambler go

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My mother oh dear mother you can not understand

If you ever see me a coming back
     
I'll be with a gambling man
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With a gambling man, with a gambling man

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I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine

I met up with a gambling man
 
Got in a poker game
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Got in a poker game, got in a poker game

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We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around

I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
  
And I shot that gambler down
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Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down

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Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name

The Warden said as he locked the door
   
You've gambled your last game
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Gambled your last game, gambled your last game

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I am a roving gambler I gambled all around

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
 
I lay my money down
                    
Lay my money down, lay my money down