Come around you rovin' and a story I will tell About the 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 never had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Well, he gambled in the White and in the railroad 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, Wherever you are now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a called New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card on that Jackson River Queen "I've come to win some money," Gamblin' Willie When the 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 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 of gold and this I know is true He supported all his and all their mothers too He wore no or fancy things like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and to help the sick and the poor
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
When you played your cards with Willie, you never really he was bluffin' or whether he was true He won a fortune from a man who folded in his 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 evenin' a poker game A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot poor through the head, which was a tragic fate When Willie's cards 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 is very plain to see Make your money while you can, you have to stop For you pull that dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now really knows