Texas Bill was a poor old dub who joined a downtown poker club, but he cursed the dayhe told him he would join.Now his money used to go like it had wings, if he held queens, someone had kings, andeach night he'd contribute all his coins.Aw, but he said, I'm gonna play them tight tonight, there'll be no bobtail flushes makeme bite, cause when I gets in there, my hand's gonna be a peach.So he played them tight, but he lost his pile, and Bill got peeves after a while, so he rose,looked all around, and made this speech, he says, you see this brand new .45, I hadher oiled up just today, I'm gonna pass it amongst you with a set of my rules, I wantyou to follow as you play, keep your big hands up on the table when you dealin' please, anddon't go slippin' in them aces down in betwixt your knees, don't you go makin' them funnysigns like you're tryin' to tip off your hand, talkin' American, boy, American, so's thatI can understand, don't you go gettin' them off the bottom, cause ooh, ooh, ooh, that'srough, just take five, five, then stop, that's enough.Now when you bet, let me see the chips, cause I don't like it when you shy, and if you gobroke, go on out and get some more, cause I'm gonna be here buyin' by, now just passthem cards for me to shuffle every time before you deal, and then if anything goes wrong,then old Bill's gonna see, I mean, y'all just ain't gonna keep playin' this game, now accordingto that fella they call Hoyley, y'all are gonna play this game according to me.Now sittin' right there in that there clan, the chance to be a one-eyed man, and old Bill,he kept on watchin' him out of the corner of his eye, this old one-eye, he dealin' init cost old Bill another five or ten, so Willie, he rose, looked all around with a sigh, hesaid, man, but this is an awful shame, he said, there's someone cheatin' in this heregame, said, of course, it ain't gonna do for me to name the guy, so I refrained from mentionin'the party's name, but if I catch him cheatin' just once again, I'm gonna take my fist andclose that other eye, says, y'all see this brand new .45, I had her oiled up just today,I'm gonna pass it amongst y'all with a set of my own rules, you must follow, age of anegghead, keep your bony hands up on the table when you're givin' them out, please, don'tgo messin' around and slippin' them Wiley's down in between your knees, don't you go makin'them funny signs, cause you're still tryin' to tip off your hand, talkin' American boy,big A-A-A, that's what I can understand, don't you go gettin' them off the bottom, causeI keep tryin' to tell you that's rough, this is the Army game, just take five, then halt,halt, that's enough, now when you battle, let me see the reds and blues, cause I don'tlike it when you shy, and if you run out of gas, go get pumped up, I'm gonna be here byand by, now just pass them pasteboards for me to shuffle every time before you deal,and if anything goes wrong, then old Willie's gonna see, I mean, y'all just ain't gonnakeep playin' this game, now according to that fella they call, uh, Hoyley, y'all are gonnaplay this game, according to me, Hank, if you'll saddle up my horse, I'll be gettin'on out of here.