Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I 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 ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' 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 when Willie came to
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town called New They're still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson Queen "I've come to win some money," Willie says When the game finally up the whole darn boat was his
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now really knows
Up in the rocky in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night poker game, lasted about a Nine hundred miners had laid their money Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
But Willie had a of gold and this I know is true He supported all his children and all their too He wore no rings or fancy things other gamblers wore He spread his far and wide to help the sick and the poor
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
When you played your with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was or whether he was true He won a fortune a man who folded in his chair The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie even have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
It was late one evenin' during a poker A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot Willie through the head, which was a tragic fate When Willie's cards on the floor, they were aces backed with eights
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
So all you ramblin' gamblers, wherever you be The of this story is very plain to see Make your while 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, you are gamblin' now Nobody really