Gambler's Bride Lyrics - Ely Joe

Hello, my babe. I'm back to stay 

You're sure wearing fine pretty things. 

But where is your ring, your ring and chain 

I gave you last summer in the fallin' rain? 

"Your ring," she said, "You've been gone so long. 

I gave your ring away 

I met a man, a gamblin' man. 

Said he would buy me the Milky Way." 

Away, Away. I've been away. 

I've been so many miles. 

Where is the smile that once lit your face? 

It seems a tear has taken is place 

"My smile," she sighed, with a look a little wild, 

"My smile it is possessed. 

I met a man, a gamblin' man. 

Said he would buy me happiness." 

I never, I never 

You know I never 

I never had much to give 

But I gave you my heart 

Now where is your heart? 

It was all that I had from the very start. 

"My heart," she cried, " It has been bought." 

She looked at me with fear. 

"I married that man, that gamblin' man 

Who'd shoot you if he found you here."