Come you rovin' gamblers and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all should know him His was Will O' Conley and he gambled all his life He's had children, yet he's never had a wife
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
Well, he gambled in the House and in the railroad yards Wherever was people, there was Willie and his cards He had the as the gamblingest man around Wives would their husbands home when Willie came to town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now knows
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson Queen "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 mountains in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had laid 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 is true He all his children and all their mothers too He wore no rings or fancy things like other wore He spread his money far and wide to help the and the poor
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
When you played your with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was bluffin' or whether he was He won a fortune a man who folded in his chair The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didn't have a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
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 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 Make your money 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 knows