I am a roving gambler, I've gambled all around, and wherever I see a deck of cards, I lay my money down, lay my money down, I lay my money down. I've gambled down in Washington, gambled up in Maine, I'm heading down to Tennessee, to knock down my last game, knock down my last game, to knock down my last game. I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three, when I fell in love with a pretty little gal, and she fell in love with me, fell in love with me, she fell in love with me. She took me to her parlor, she cooled me with her fan, she whispered in her mother's ear, I love that gamblin' man, love that gamblin' man, I love that gamblin' man. I wouldn't marry a railroad man, this is the reason why, I've never seen a railroad man. Wouldn't tell his wife a lie, tell his wife a lie, wouldn't tell his wife a lie. Oh mother, oh dear mother, I'll tell you if I can, if you ever see me coming back. It'll be with a gamblin' man, be with a gamblin' man, it'll be with a gamblin' man. I am a rovin' gambler, I've gambled all around, and wherever I see a deck of cards, I lay my money down, lay my money down, I lay my money down. And wherever I see a deck of cards, I lay my money down, lay my money down, lay my money down.