Come around you gamblers and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all should 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 it's ride, Willie, 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 as the gamblingest man around Wives keep their husbands home when Willie came to town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
down the Mississippi to a town called New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card game on Jackson River Queen "I've come to win some money," Willie says When the game finally ended up the whole 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 was an all-night poker game, lasted about a week Nine hundred had laid their 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 heart of gold and I know is true He supported all his children and all their too He wore no rings or things like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and 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 whether he was He won a fortune from a man who folded in his The man, he left a flush, Willie didn't even have a pair
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
It was late one evenin' during a game A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot poor Willie through the head, was a tragic fate When Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces with eights
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
So all you gamblers, wherever you might be The moral of this story is very to see Make your money while you can, you have to stop For when you pull that dead man's hand, your gamblin' are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody knows