Come around you rovin' and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all know him well His name was Will O' Conley and he all his life He's had children, yet he's never had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Well, he gambled in the White House and in the yards Wherever there was people, was Willie and his cards He had the reputation as the gamblingest man Wives keep their husbands home when Willie came to town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the 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 game 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 called Cripple Creek There was an poker game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had laid money down Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
But Willie had a heart of gold and this I is true He all his children and all their mothers too He no rings or fancy things like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide to help the and the poor
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
When you played your with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was or whether he was true He won a from a man who folded in his chair The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didn't have a pair
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
It was late one evenin' a poker game A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot Willie through the head, which was a tragic fate When Willie's fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
So all you gamblers, wherever you might be The of this story is very plain to see Make money while you can, before you have to stop For when you pull dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody really