Come around you gamblers and a story I will tell the greatest gambler, you all should know him well His name was Will O' Conley and he all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet he's had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
Well, he in the White House and in the railroad yards there was people, there was Willie and his cards He had the reputation as the man around Wives would keep their husbands home Willie came to town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a called New Orleans still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson River Queen "I've come to win money," Gamblin' Willie says When the game finally up the whole darn boat was his
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody really
Up in the rocky in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had their money down When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
But Willie had a heart of and this I know is true He all his children and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy things like gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide to help the and the poor
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
When you played your cards with Willie, you never really Whether he was bluffin' or he was true He won a fortune a man who folded in his chair The man, he left a diamond flush, didn't even have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
It was late one evenin' a poker game A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot poor Willie the head, which was a tragic fate Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
So all you ramblin' gamblers, you might be The moral of this story is very to see Make your money you can, before you have to stop For when you pull that dead hand, your gamblin' days are up
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody knows