If I Lose

[Chorus]

If I lose let me lose, I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time

[Verse 1]

I can't walk neither can I talk

Just gettin' back from the state of old New York

One mornin' before day

[Verse 2]

Flossie, oh, Flossie, now what is the matter?

Walked all the way from old Cincinnati

One mornin' before day

[Chorus]

If I lose let me lose and I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time

[Verse 3]

The blood was a-runnin', I was runnin' too

To give my feet some exercise, I had nothin' else to do

One mornin' before day

[Verse 4]

Yeah, the peas was so greasy, the meat was so fat

The boys was fightin' the Spaniards while I was fightin' that

One mornin' just before day

[Chorus]

If I lose let me lose, I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time

[Verse 5]

You ought to seen them boats, comin' round the bend

Everyone was loaded down with American men

One mornin' just before day

[Chorus]

If I lose let me lose, I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time