| I am a rovin' gambler--
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| I’ve gambled all around--
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| And wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards,
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| I lay my money down,
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| lay my money down,
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| I lay my money down.
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| I’ve gambled down in Washington,
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| ga-ambled up in Maine;
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| I’m headed down to Tenessee-ee-ee
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| to knock down my last game,
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| knock down my last game,
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| to knock down my last game.
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| I had not been in Washington
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| many more weeks than three,
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| when I fell in love with a pretty little ga-a-al,
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| and she fell in love with me,
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| fell in love with me,
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| she fell in love with me.
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| She took me to her parlor;
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| she cooled me with her fan;
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| she whispered in her mother’s e-e-ear,
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| «I love that gamblin' man,
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| love that gamblin' man,
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| I love that gamblin' man.
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| «I wouldn’t marry a railroad man;
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| this is the reason why:
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| I’ve never seen a railroad ma-a-an
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| wouldn’t tell his wife a lie,
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| tell his wife a lie,
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| wouldn’t tell his wife a lie.
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| «Oh, Mother, oh dear Mother,
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| I’ll tell you if I can:
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| if you ever see me comin' ba-a-ack,
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| it’ll be with a gamblin' man,
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| be with a gamblin' man,
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| it’ll be with a gamblin' man.»
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| I am a rovin' gambler--
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| I’ve gambled all around--
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| and wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards,
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| I lay my money down,
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| lay my money down,
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| I lay my money down.
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| And wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards,
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| I lay my money down,
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| lay my money down,
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| lay my money down. |