[ti:The Rovin' Gambler]
[ar:Tennessee Ernie Ford]
[al:This Lusty Land! & Bonus Tracks]
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[00:00.00]The Rovin' Gambler - Tennessee Ernie Ford
[00:05.01]I am a rovin' gambler
[00:07.14]I've gambled all around
[00:09.44]Wherever I meet with a deck of cards
[00:11.72]I lay my money down
[00:14.02]I've gambled down in Washington
[00:16.26]I've gambled over in Spain
[00:18.53]I'm on my way to Georgia
[00:20.92]To knock down my last game
[00:23.41]Knock down my last game
[00:25.58]Knock down my last game
[00:34.62]I had not been in Washington
[00:37.07]Many more weeks than three
[00:39.19]Till I fell I love with
[00:40.31]A pretty little girl
[00:41.49]She fell in love with me
[00:43.65]She took me in her parlor
[00:45.93]She cooled me with her fan
[00:48.15]She whispered low in her mother's ear
[00:50.50]I love this gamblin' man
[00:53.06]Love this gamblin' man
[00:55.35]Love this gamblin' man
[01:04.23]Oh daugther oh dear daughter
[01:06.42]How could you treat me so
[01:08.77]To leave your dear old mother
[01:10.96]And with the gambler go
[01:13.21]Oh mother dear mother
[01:15.43]You know I love you well
[01:17.72]But the love I hold
[01:18.90]For the gamblin' man
[01:20.11]No human tongue can tell
[01:22.33]No human tongue can tell
[01:24.52]No human tongue can tell
[01:29.43]I wouldn't marry a railroad man
[01:31.81]This is the reason why
[01:33.92]I never seen a railroad man
[01:36.09]That wouldn't tell his wife a lie
[01:38.47]Oh mother oh dear mother
[01:40.61]I'll tell you if I can
[01:42.99]If I am the rovin' gambler
[01:45.07]I'll be with the gamblin' man
[01:51.30]I am the rovin' gambler
[01:53.20]I've gambled all around
[01:55.66]Wherever I meet with a deck of cards