[ti:Roving Gambler (Version 2, typed, key of E)]
[ar:Traditional]
[au:Traditional]
[by:IMMHA Lyrics Library IMMHA-L387]

I am a roving gambler, I've gambled all around
Whenever I see a deck of cards, I lay my money down
I lay my money down.

I had not been in New york Town many more weeks than three
Till I fell in love with a pretty little gal and she fell in love with me

She took me in her parlour and she cooled me with her fan,
And she whispered low in her mother's ear, I love that gamblin' man
I love that gamblin' man.

Oh daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me so
To leave your dear old mother, and with a gambler go?

Oh Mother, Oh dear Mother, you know I love you well,
But the love I have for the gamblin' man no human tongue can tell,
No human tongue can tell.

I wouldn't marry a farmer, for he's always in the rain,
All I want is the gamblin' man who wears the big gold chain,
Who wears the big gold chain.

I hear the train a-comin', a-comin' round the curve,
A-whistlin' and a-strainin', a-strainin' every nerve.

Oh Mother, Oh dear Mother, I'll tell you if I can,
If you ever see me comin' back, it'll be with the gamblin' man,
It'll be with the gamblin' man.

Repeat first verse