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I am a roving gambler |
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I've gambled all around |
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And wherever I see a deck of cards |
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I lay my money down, lay my money down |
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I lay my money down |
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I've gambled down in Washington |
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Gambled up in Maine |
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I'm heading down to Tennessee |
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To knock down my last game, knock down my last game |
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To knock down my last game |
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I had not been in Washington |
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Many more weeks and free |
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When I fell in love with a pretty little girl |
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And she fell in love with me, fell in love with me |
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She fell in love with me |
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She took me to her parlour |
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She cooled me with her fan |
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She whispered in her mother's ear |
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I love that gambling man, love that gambling man |
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I love that gambling man |
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I wouldn't marry a railroad man |
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This is the reason why |
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I've never seen a railroad man |
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Wouldn't tell his wife a lie, tell his wife a lie |
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Wouldn't tell his wife a lie |
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Oh mother, oh, dear mother |
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I'll tell you if I can |
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If you ever see me coming back |
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It'll be with the gambling man, be with the gambling man |
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It'll be with the gambling man |
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I am a roving gambler |
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I've gambled all around |
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And wherever I see a deck of cards |
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I lay my money down, lay my money down |
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I lay my money down |
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And wherever I see a deck of cards |
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I lay my money down, lay my money down |
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I lay my money down |
