Roving Gambler lyrics

I am a roving gambler I gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
Lay my money down
Lay my money down, lay my money down

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
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me

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
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man

Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?
Leave your dear old mother
And with that gambler go
With that gambler go, with that gambler go

My mother oh dear mother you can not understand
If you ever see me coming back
I'll be with the gambling man
With that gambling man, with that gambling man

I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine
I met up with the gambling man
Got in a poker game
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game