[1] I am a roving gambler gambled all around [4] whenever I meet with a [1] deck of cards
I [4] lay my money [1] down lay my money down [5] lay my money [1] down

I had not been in Frisco many more weeks than three when I met up with a pretty little girl
And she fell in love with me fell in love with me fell in love with me

She took me in her parlor she cooled me with her fan whispered low in her mother's ear
I love this gambling man I love this gambling man love this gambling man

Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so leave your dear old mother
And with a gambler go with a gambler go with a gambler go

Oh mother oh dear mother I'll tell you if I can if you ever see me coming back
I'll be with the gambling man with the gambling man with the gambling man

Well left her in Frisco and I wound up in Spain I met up with a gambling man
And we got in a poker game got in a poker game got in a poker game

He put the money in the pot and dealt the cards around I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
So I shot that gambler down shot the gambler down shot the gambler down

Now I'm down in prison got a number for my name the warden said as he locked the door
Now you've gambled your last game gambled your last game gambled your last game