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I am a rovin' gambler-- |
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I've gambled all around-- |
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And wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards, |
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I lay my money down, |
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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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ga-ambled up in Maine; |
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I'm headed down to Tenessee-ee-ee |
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to knock down my last game, |
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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 than three, |
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when I fell in love with a pretty little ga-a-al, |
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and she fell in love with me, |
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fell in love with me, |
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she fell in love with me. |
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She took me to her parlor; |
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she cooled me with her fan; |
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she whispered in her mother's e-e-ear, |
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"I love that gamblin' man, |
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love that gamblin' man, |
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I love that gamblin' 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 ma-a-an |
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wouldn't tell his wife a lie, |
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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 comin' ba-a-ack, |
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it'll be with a gamblin' man, |
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be with a gamblin' man, |
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it'll be with a gamblin' man." |
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I am a rovin' gambler-- |
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I've gambled all around-- |
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and wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards, |
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I lay my money down, |
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lay my money down, |
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I lay my money down. |
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And wherever I see a deck of ca-a-ards, |
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I lay my money down, |
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lay my money down, |
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lay my money down. |
