Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I will About the greatest gambler, you all should know him His name was Will O' Conley and he gambled all his He's had children, yet he's never had a wife
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Well, he gambled in the White House and in the yards Wherever was people, there was Willie and his cards He had the as the gamblingest man around Wives would keep 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 game on that Jackson River Queen "I've to win some money," Gamblin' Willie says When the game finally ended up the darn boat was his
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody really
Up in the rocky mountains in a called Cripple Creek There was an poker game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had laid their down Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
But Willie had a heart of gold and I know is true He supported all his and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy things like gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide to the sick 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 a man who folded in his chair The man, he left a flush, Willie didn't even have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
It was late one evenin' during a poker A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot poor Willie through the head, was a tragic fate When cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
So all you ramblin' gamblers, you might be The moral of story is very plain to see Make your money while you can, before you to stop For when you pull that dead man's hand, gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody knows