Gambling Man - Woody Guthrie

Ah gambled down in Washington

Ah gambled down in Maine

Goin' down to Georgia

To knock down my last game

Ahm a gamiblin' Man man man

Ahm a gambling' Man

Ahm a gamblin'

I had not been in Washington

Many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little gal

And she fell in love with me

Ahm a Gamblin' Man man man

Ahm a Gamblin' Man

Ahm a gambling'

She took me in her parlour

Cooled me with her fan

She said" Oh Mother, Mother

I’m in love with a gamblin' man"

Ahm a gambling' man, man etc

She said «Oh Daughter, Daughter

How could you treat me so

Leave your poor old Mother

And with that gambler go.»

Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc

I hear that train a-comin'

A-comin' round the curve

A-whistlin' and a-screamin'

Strainin' every nerve

Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc

I wouldn’t marry a railroad man

And here’s the reason why

I never knew a railroad man

Who wouldn’t tell his wife a lie

Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc

I would marry a farmer

He’s always in the rain

I’d rather marry a gamblin' man

With a big gold watch and chain

Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc

Man man man

Ahm a gamblin' man man man

Ahm a gamblin' man man man

Ahm a gambling" man