Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie

[Verse 1] Come around you rovin' gamblers, a story we will tell About the greatest gambler, who you all should know him well His name was Willie Conley and he gambled all his life He had twenty-seven children, yet he never had a wife [Chorus] And it's ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows [Verse 2] Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town of New Orleans There was a famous card game on the Jackson River Queen "I've come to win some money," oh Gamblin' Willie says When the game was ended up, the whole damn boat was his [Chorus] And it's ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows [Verse 3] Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek They had an all-night poker game, it lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had laid their money down When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole damn town [Chorus] And it's ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows [Verse 4] But Willie had a heart of gold and this I know is true He supported all his children and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy things, like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide, to help the sick and the poor [Chorus] And it's ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows [Verse 5] It was late one evenin' that they played a poker game A man lost all his money, he said Willie was to blame He shot poor Willie through the heart, it was a tragic fate When Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights [Chorus] And it's ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows [Instrumental Break] [Verse 6] So all you rovin' gamblers, wherever you might be The moral of the story is very plain to see Make your money while you can, before you have to stop For when you pull that dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up [Chorus] And it's ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows Ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, roll Wherever you're a-gamblin' now Nobody really knows