Come you rovin' gamblers and a story I will tell About the gambler, you all should know him well His was Will O' Conley and he gambled all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet he's never had a
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
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 would keep their husbands home when Willie came to town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Sailin' the Mississippi to a town called New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson River "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 Cripple Creek There was an all-night poker game, lasted about a Nine hundred miners had laid money down When Willie finally left the room, he the whole darn town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
But Willie had a of gold and this I know is true He supported all his children and all mothers too He wore no rings or fancy like other gamblers wore He spread his 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 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 flush, Willie didn't even have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride 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 poor Willie through 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 Nobody
So all you ramblin' gamblers, you might be The moral of this story is plain to see Make your money you can, before you have to stop For when you pull dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody really