Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I will About the gambler, you all should know him well His name was O' Conley and he gambled all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet never had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, 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 reputation as the gamblingest man would keep their husbands home when Willie came to town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a called New Orleans still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson River Queen "I've to win some money," Gamblin' Willie says the game finally ended up the whole darn boat was his
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody really
Up in the rocky mountains in a town called Cripple There was an all-night poker game, lasted a week Nine hundred miners had laid money down Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
But Willie had a of gold and this I know is true He all his children and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy things like other 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
you played your cards with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was bluffin' or he was true He won a fortune a man who folded in his chair The man, he a diamond flush, Willie didn't even have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
It was late one during a poker game A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot poor Willie through the head, which was a tragic 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 story is very plain to see Make your money while you can, before you have to For when you pull that dead man's hand, gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now really knows