[ti:Roving Gambler]
[ar:Ramblin' Jack Elliott]
[al:Vanguard Visionaries]
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[00:00.00]Roving Gambler - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
[00:10.06]I'm a roving gambler
[00:14.90]And I gamble down in town
[00:19.29]Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
[00:21.60]I lay my money down
[00:24.79]Boys I lay my money down
[00:31.35]I've gambled up in Washington
[00:35.71]Gambled down in Maine
[00:38.65]I'm on my way to Georgia
[00:40.26]To knock down my last game
[00:43.08]Boys knock down my last game
[00:50.58]Well I had not been in Washington
[00:54.78]Many more weeks than three
[00:56.74]When I fell in love with a pretty
[00:58.93]Little girl
[00:59.35]And she fell in love with me
[01:02.06]And she fell in love with me
[01:08.74]She took me in her parlor
[01:10.85]She cooled me with her fan
[01:12.91]She whispered low in her mama's ear
[01:15.11]I love this gamblin man
[01:18.90]Ma I love this gamblin man
[01:32.24]Well daughter my dear daughter
[01:34.37]How can you treat me so
[01:36.54]To leave your poor old mama
[01:38.47]And with this gambler go
[01:41.92]And with this gambler go
[01:48.41]Well mama my dear mama
[01:50.28]You know I love you well
[01:52.34]But the love I hold for a gamblin
[01:54.45]Man
[01:54.77]No human tongue can tell
[01:57.72]Ma no human tongue can tell
[02:14.99]I'd never marry a farmer
[02:17.41]He's always in the rain
[02:19.11]I'd rather marry a gamblin' man
[02:21.10]With a big gold watch and chain
[02:24.46]Ma big gold watch and chain
[02:31.90]And I'd never marry a railroad man
[02:34.35]The reason I'll tell you why
[02:36.02]Never did see a railroad man
[02:38.05]Who wouldn't tell his wife a lie
[02:41.43]Ma wouldn't tell his wife a lie
[02:49.62]I hear the train a-comin
[02:50.87]Comin around the curve
[02:55.80]Whistling and a-blowin
[02:57.05]And a-strainin every nerve
[03:00.76]Ma strainin every nerve
[03:06.81]It's good-bye good-bye mama
[03:08.39]Tell you if I can
[03:10.78]If you ever see me comin home again
[03:12.98]It will be with a gamblin man
[03:16.42]Ma be with a gamblin' man