Come you rovin' gamblers and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all should him well His name was Will O' Conley and he all his life He's had children, yet he's never had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Well, he gambled in the White House and in the yards Wherever there was people, there was and his cards He had the as the gamblingest man around Wives would keep their husbands home Willie came to town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Sailin' down the to a town called New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson River "I've come to win some money," Gamblin' Willie When the game finally ended up the whole boat was his
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody really
Up in the rocky in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night poker game, lasted a week Nine hundred had laid their money down When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
But Willie had a heart of gold and I know is true He supported all his children and all their too He wore no rings or things like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide to help the sick and the
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
When you played your cards with Willie, you never really Whether he was bluffin' or whether he was He won a fortune from a man who folded in his 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 one evenin' during a poker game A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He poor Willie through the head, which was a tragic fate Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights
And it's ride, Willie, 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 while you can, you have to stop For when you pull that dead hand, your gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody knows