Rambling, Gambling Man: Lyrics

Traditional

• 78 With Green Grow the Lilacs

I am a rambling gambling man
I gamble all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down
I lay my money down

Now if you want to gamble
Your luck you want to try
Just pass the queens and check the kings
And bet your aces high
And bet your aces high

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
I'm a rambling gambling man
I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
And I gamble when I can

I've gambled round in Vegas town
With money in my jeans
But I lost my money where I won my honey
Way down in New Orleans
Way down in New Orleans

Well she took me in her parlor
And cooled me with her fan
She swore I was the prettiest thing
In the shape of mortal man
In the shape of mortal man

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
I'm a rambling gambling man
I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
And I gamble when I can

I hear the train a-coming
She's blowing down the line
You can bet your stack when we come back
We'll beat three of a kind
We'll beat three of a kind

Deal around the cards, boys
And give me just five cards
I'll show you rambling gambling men
A lover's hand of hearts
A lover's hand of hearts

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
A rambling gambling man
I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
I gamble when I can
I'm a rambling gambling man

Of note:

As performed by Gil, not Cisco. Has a "Buttons and Bows" flavor, with an electric guitar and annoying background vocals. Quite different from his usual performances of this one, way faster and snappier.

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