Ace Of Clubs Lyrics - Singles - Craig Herbertson

Beneath the chandeliers 

Upon the Persian rugs 

Carousers take their stand 

Fine whiskey in their hands 

The rakes are in the halls 

The dugs are in t' the yards 

As Fortune's lost and won 

Upon a deck o cards 

Haloo the horse and hounds 

The fox and cubs 

The gamblers and the rakes 

The sporting bloods 

Adieu the decks o cards 

The dice and dugs 

Adieu my luves 

And on yer grave 

The Ace of clubs 

The Earl o Carrick's son 

Has penniless become 

The whisper's in the hall 

Prestonfield must fa 

Up Sir William stands 

The deck is in his hands 

'I stake my house and lands 

Upon a single card! ' 

The portraits on the wall 

The ghosties in the hall 

The ancestors appalled 

Prestonfield will fa 

The nobles and the lords, 

Auld reekies big and sma 

The baronets a craw 

Prestonfield will fa 

The count picks up the cards 

'The word of peers is law 

Should I tup your card 

Prestonfield will fall' 

And with a deadly grin 

He cuts the King of Spades 

And as Sir William prays 

He draws the Ace Of Clubs 

Farewell the rakes and bloods 

The whooring and the chase 

My drinking days are gone 

My gambling nights erased 

I'll idle in the grounds 

Mak follies in the yards 

And never will again 

Touch a pack o cards