[1] I'm goin' across the [5] sea I'm goin' across the [1] line
Goin' across the [4] ocean for to see that gal of [1] mine

Won't you come and [5] go come my love and [1] go
Leave this world of [4] sorrow and troubles here [1] below

I Wish I had a nickel wish I had a dime
Wish I had a pretty little girl I guess I'd call her mine

What my mama told me it has come to pass
Drinkin' and a-gamblin' lord are gonna be my ruin at last

I gambled through Kentucky rambled all through Spain
I'm going to West Virginia for to gamble my last game