Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I will the greatest gambler, you all should know him well His name was Will O' and he gambled 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 knows
Well, he in the White House and in the railroad yards Wherever there was people, there was and his cards He had the reputation as the man around Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie to town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a called New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson River "I've to win some money," Gamblin' Willie says When the game finally ended up the whole boat was his
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now really knows
Up in the rocky mountains in a town called 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 darn 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 all his children and all their mothers too He no rings or fancy things like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide to help the and the poor
And ride, Willie, ride 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 from a man who folded in his 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 poor through the head, which was a tragic fate When Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces 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 plain to see Make your money while you can, you have to stop For when you pull that man's hand, your gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody really