| Ah gambled down in Washington
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| Ah gambled down in Maine
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| Goin' down to Georgia
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| To knock down my last game
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| Ahm a gamiblin' Man man man
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| Ahm a gambling' Man
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| Ahm a gamblin'
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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 gal
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| And she fell in love with me
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| Ahm a Gamblin' Man man man
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| Ahm a Gamblin' Man
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| Ahm a gambling'
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| She took me in her parlour
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| Cooled me with her fan
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| She said" Oh Mother, Mother
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| I’m in love with a gamblin' man"
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| Ahm a gambling' man, man etc
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| She said «Oh Daughter, Daughter
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| How could you treat me so
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| Leave your poor old Mother
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| And with that gambler go.»
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| Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc
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| I hear that train a-comin'
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| A-comin' round the curve
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| A-whistlin' and a-screamin'
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| Strainin' every nerve
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| Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc
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| I wouldn’t marry a railroad man
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| And here’s the reason why
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| I never knew a railroad man
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| Who wouldn’t tell his wife a lie
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| Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc
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| I would marry a farmer
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| He’s always in the rain
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| I’d rather marry a gamblin' man
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| With a big gold watch and chain
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| Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc
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| Man man man
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| Ahm a gamblin' man man man
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| Ahm a gamblin' man man man
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| Ahm a gambling" man |