Come you rovin' gamblers and a story I will tell About the gambler, you all should know him well His name was Will O' and he gambled all his life He's had children, yet he's never had a wife
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Well, he gambled in the White House and in the railroad Wherever there was people, there was Willie and his He had the reputation as the man around Wives would keep their husbands home when came to town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town called New They're still talkin' about card game on that Jackson River Queen "I've come to win some money," Willie says When the game finally ended up the darn boat was his
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody really
Up in the rocky in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night poker game, about a week Nine hundred miners had laid money down When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
But had a heart of gold and this I know is true He supported all his children and all their too He wore no or fancy things like other gamblers wore He his money far and wide to help the sick and the poor
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
When you played your cards with Willie, you never really Whether he was bluffin' or he was true He won a fortune from a man who folded in his The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie even have a pair
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
It was late one evenin' a poker 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 were aces with eights
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
So all you gamblers, wherever you might be The moral of this story is very to see your money while you can, before you have to stop For when you pull that dead man's hand, your days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now really knows