Come around you rovin' and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all should him well His name was O' Conley and he gambled all his life He's had twenty-seven children, yet never had a wife
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now knows
Well, he gambled in the White and in the railroad yards Wherever was people, there was Willie and his cards He had the reputation as the gamblingest man Wives would their husbands home when Willie came to town
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town New Orleans They're still about their card game on that Jackson River Queen "I've come to win money," Gamblin' Willie says When the game ended up the whole darn boat was his
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody really
Up in the rocky in a town called Cripple Creek There was an poker game, lasted about a week Nine hundred miners had laid their money When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole darn
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
But Willie had a heart of gold and I know is true He supported all his and all their mothers too He no rings or fancy things like other gamblers wore He spread his money far and wide to help the sick and the
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
When you your cards with Willie, you never really knew he was bluffin' or whether he was true He won a from a man who folded in his chair The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didn't even a pair
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody
It was late one evenin' during a poker A man all his money, he said, "Willie was to blame" He shot poor Willie through the head, was a tragic fate When Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with
And ride, Willie, ride Roll, Willie, you are gamblin' now Nobody
So all you ramblin' gamblers, wherever you be The moral of story is very plain to see Make money while you can, before you have to stop For when you pull that dead man's hand, gamblin' days are up
And it's ride, Willie, Roll, Willie, Wherever you are now Nobody knows