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