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 all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet he's had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' 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 reputation as the man around Wives would keep their husbands home Willie came to town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the 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 ended up the whole darn boat was his
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody knows
Up in the rocky in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night poker game, about a week Nine miners had laid their money down When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
But Willie had a heart of gold and this I know is He all his children and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy like other gamblers wore He his money far and wide to help the sick and the poor
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
When you played your with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was bluffin' or whether he was He won a fortune from a man who in his chair The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didn't even have a
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 shot poor Willie through the head, which was a tragic When Willie's cards fell on the floor, they aces backed with eights
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
So all you ramblin' gamblers, you might be The moral of this is very plain to see your money while you can, before 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