Bob Dylan – Rambling Gambling Willie (Ukulele)

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Come around you rovin’ gamblers and a story I will tell

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About the greatest gambler, you all should know him well

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His name was Willie O’Conley and he gambled all his life

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He had twenty-seven children, yet he never had a wife

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, no-obody knows

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Well, he gambled in the White House and in the railroad yards

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Wherever there was people, there was Willie and his cards

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He had the reputation as the gamblin’est man around

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Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie came to town

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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Sailin’ down the Mississippi to a town called New Orleans

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They’re still talkin’ about their card game on that Jackson Queen

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 “I’ve come to win some money,” Gamblin’ Willie says

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When the game finally ended up, the whole damn boat was his

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek

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There was an all-night poker game, lasted about a week

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Nine hundred miners had laid their money down

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When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole damn town

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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But Willie had a heart of gold and this I know is true

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He supported all his children and all their mothers too

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He wore no rings or fancy things, like other gamblers wore

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He spread his money far and wide, to help the sick and poor

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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When you played your cards with Willie, you never really knew

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Whether he was bluffin’ or whether he was true

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He won a fortune from a man who folded in his chair

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The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didn’t even have a pair

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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It was late one evenin’ during a poker game

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A man lost all his money, he said Willie was to blame

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He shot poor Willie through the head, which was a tragic fate

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Willie’s cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride

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Roll, Willie, roll

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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So all you ramblin’ gamblers, wherever you might be

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The moral of the story is very plain to see

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Make your money while you can, before you have to stop

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For when you pull that dead man’s hand, your gamblin’ days are up

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And it’s ride, Willie, ride (harp)

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Roll, Willie, roll (harp)

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Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows

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 (harp)