Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I will About the greatest gambler, you all should him well His name was O' Conley and he gambled all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet he's had a wife
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Well, he gambled in the White and in the railroad yards there was people, there was Willie and his cards He had the as the gamblingest man around Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie came to
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town New Orleans They're still talkin' about card game on that Jackson River Queen "I've come to win some money," Gamblin' Willie 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 Cripple There was an poker game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had laid their money When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
But Willie had a heart of and this I know is true He all his children and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy things other gamblers wore He his money far and wide to help the sick and the poor
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
When you played your cards with Willie, you never knew Whether he was or whether he was true He won a fortune from a man who folded in his The man, he left a diamond flush, didn't even have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
It was one evenin' during a poker game 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 cards fell on the floor, they aces backed with eights
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
So all you gamblers, wherever you might be The moral of story is very plain to see Make money while you can, before you have to stop For you pull that dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody knows