I am a roving gambler.
I've gambled all around.
Whenever I meet for the deck of cards,
I lay my money down.
I lay my money down.
Lay my money down.
I had not been in Sydney
many more weeks than three
When I fell in love with a pretty little girl
and she fell in love with me
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me
She took me in her parlor,
she cooed me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ear,
I love this gambling man
I love this gamblin' man,
love this gamblin' man
Oh daughter, oh dear daughter,
how could you treat me so?
And leave me here,
your old mother dear,
and with the gambler go
With the gambler go, with the gambler go
Oh mother, oh dear mother,
you know I love you well
But the love I have for this gamblin' man
No hu man tongue can tell
No human tongue can tell
No hu man tongue can tell
Well, I left that girl in Sydney
And I wound up in Cairns
I met up with a real card shop
and we got in a poker game
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game
He put his money in the pot
and dealt the cards around
I saw him get a jack
from the bottom of the pack
So I shot that gambler down,
shot that gambler down
Shot that gambler down
Well now I'm down in prison,
I got a number for my name
The warden said as he locked the door,
you've gambled your last game
Gambled your last game,
gambled your last game
Gambled your last game,
gambled your last game
Gambled your last game,
gambled your last game you