Cat. #1350 (MFH #544) - As sung by James Center, Grimm, Arkansas on July 11, 1969
VERSE 1
I am a roving gambler
I've gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down
VERSE 2
I hadn't been in Washington
Many more weeks than three
Till I fell in love with a pretty little girl
An' she fell in love with me
VERSE 3
She took me in her parlor
She cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her Mother's ear
I love that gamblin' man
VERSE 4
O, Daughter, dear Daughter
Why do you treat me so
To leave your dear ole Mother
And with that gambler go
VERSE 5
O Mother, dear Mother
You know I love you well
But th love I have for this gamblin' man
No human tongue can tell
VERSE 6
I've gambled out in Washington
I"ve gambled up in Maine
I'm going down in Georgia
To gamble my last game
VERSE 7
I hear th train a comin'
She's coming 'round th curve
An' whistling an' a blowin'
Strainin' ever nerve
VERSE 8
O Mother, dear Mother
I'll tell you if I can
If you ever see me comin' back again
I'll be with this gamblin' man
Be with this gamblin' man