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I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in townWhenever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money downLay my money down, lay my money downI had not been in Washington not many more weeks than threeWhen I fell in love with a pretty little gal, she fell in love with meFell in love with me, fell in love with meShe took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fanShe whispered low in her mother's ear, "I love that gambling man''Love that gamblin' man, love that gamblin' man"Daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me so?To leave your dear old mother, and with a gambler go?''With a gambler go, with a gambler goI've gambled down in Washington; I've gambled over in SpainI'm goin' down to Georgia to gamble my last gameGamble my last game, gamble my last game"Oh mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you wellBut the love I have for this gambling man, no human tongue can tell''No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell"I hear that train a-coming, coming 'round the curveA-whistling and a-blowing straining every nerve"Strainin' every nerve, strainin' every nerve"Mother, oh dear mother, I'll tell you if I canIf you ever see me comin' back, I'll be with the gambling manBe with the gambling manBe with the gambling man"I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in townWhenever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money downLay my money down, lay my money down Aus Songtexte Mania