Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I will About the greatest gambler, you all should know him His name was O' Conley and he gambled all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet never had a wife
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
Well, he gambled in the White House and in the yards Wherever there was people, there was and his cards He had the reputation as the gamblingest man Wives would their husbands home when Willie came to town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town New Orleans They're still about their card game on that Jackson River Queen "I've come to win money," Gamblin' 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 mountains in a town called Cripple was an all-night poker game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had their money down When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole town
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
But had a heart of gold and this I know is true He all his children and all their mothers 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 cards with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was or whether he was true He won a fortune from a man who folded in his 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 during 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 ramblin' gamblers, you might be The moral of this story is plain to see Make your money while you can, before you to stop For when you that dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody really