I've gambled
down in Washington
And I've gambled
up in Maine
I'm going down
into Georgia
To knock down
my last game
I'm a gamblin' man,
man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man
Well I had not been
in Washington many more
weeks than three
When I fell in love
with a pretty little girl
and she fell in love with me
I'm a gamblin' man
I'm a gamblin' man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man
She took me in her parlour
cooled me with her fan
She said "Oh mother, mother
I'm alone with a gamblin' man"
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man
She said
"Oh daughter, daughter
how could you treat me so
You'll leave your
poor old mother
with that gambler go"
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man
I would not marry a fanner
he's always in the rain
I'd rather marry a gamblin' man
with a big old watch and chain
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man
And I would not marry
a railroad man
here's the reason why
I've never known
a railroad man
who wouldn't sell his wife alive
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man,
A gamblin' man, man, man,
A gamblin' man, man, man,
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man,
A gamblin' man, man, man,
A gamblin' man, man,
How about Jimmy!
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man,
A gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man,
How 'bout this yeah!
I hear that train a coming
coming round the curve
Whistling and a screaming
straining every nerve
A gamblin' man,
A gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, ah yeah yeah
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin man,
He's a gamblin' man