Delia was a gambling girl and gambled all around   Delia was a gambling girl, she laid her money down   All the friends I ever had are gone      Delia's dear ol' mother took a trip out West   When she returned, little Delia had gone to rest   And all the friends I ever had are gone      Delia's daddy weeped, Delia's momma moaned   Wouldn't have been so bad if the poor girl died at home   All the friends I ever had are gone      Curtis' looking high, Curtis' looking low   He shot poor Delia down with a cruel forty-four   All the friends I ever had are gone      High up on the housetops, high as I can see   Looking for them rounders, looking out for me   All the friends I ever had are gone      Men in Atlanta, tryin' to pass for white   Delia's in the graveyard boys, six feet out of sight   All the friends I ever had are gone      Judge says to Curtis, "What's this noise about?"   "All about them rounders Judge, tryin' to cut me out"   All the friends I ever had are gone      Curtis said to the judge, "What might be my fine?"   Judge says, "Poor boy, you got ninety-nine"   All the friends I ever had are gone"      Curtis' in the jail house, drinking from an old tin cup   Delia's in the graveyard, she might never, never get up   All the friends I ever had are gone      Delia, oh Delia, how can it be?   You loved all them rounders, never did love me   And all the friends I ever had are gone      Delia, oh Delia, how can it be?   You wanted all them rounders, never had time for me   All the friends I ever had are gone