Rambling, Gambling Willie Lyrics - Bob Dylan

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

About the greatest gambler, you all should know him well 

His name was Will O' Conley and he gambled all his life 

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

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody knows 

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

Wherever there was people, there was Willie and his cards 

He had the reputation as the gamblingest man around 

Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie came to town 

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody knows 

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Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town called New Orleans 

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

"I've come to win some money," Gamblin' Willie says 

When the game finally ended up the whole darn boat was his 

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody really knows 

Up in the rocky mountains in a town called Cripple Creek 

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

Nine hundred miners had laid their money down 

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

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody knows 

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

He supported all his children and all their mothers too 

He wore no rings or fancy things like other gamblers wore 

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

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody knows 

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

Whether he was bluffin' or whether he was true 

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

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

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody knows 

It was late one evenin' during a poker game 

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

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

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

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody knows 

So all you ramblin' gamblers, wherever you might be 

The moral of this story is very plain to see 

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

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

And it's ride, Willie, ride 

Roll, Willie, roll 

Wherever you are gamblin' now 

Nobody really knows