Burl Ives - Roving Gambler      I am a roving gambler   I've gambled all around   When ever I meet with a deck of cards   I lay my money down      I've gambled down in Washington   I've gambled over in Spain   I'm going back to Portland   To gamble my last game      Had an Uncle Bill in Portland   Many more weeks but three   I fell in love with a pretty little girl   She fell in love with me      She took me to her parlor   Cooled me with a fan   Whispered low in her mother's ear   I'm in love with a gambling man      Tell me my dear daughter   How can you treat me so?   Save your poor old mother   And with the gambler drove      Mother oh dear Mother   I'll tell you if I can   If you ever see me coming back   It'll be with a gambling man      I am a roving gambler   I've gambled all around   When ever I met with a deck of cards   I laid my money down      I've gambled down in Washington   I've gambled over in Spain   I'm going back to Portland   To gamble my last game      The earlier version by the Hart Valley Drifters is:    I am a roving gambler   I've gambled all around   Wherever I meet with a deck of cards   I lay my money down   Lay my money down, lay my money down      Had not been in [Frisco]   Many more weeks but three   When I fell in love with a pretty girl   And she fell in love with me   Fell in love with me, fell in love with me      She took me to her parlor   Cooled me with a fan   Whispered low in her mother's ear   I love that gambling man   Love that gambling man, love that gambling man      Oh daughter, oh dear daughter   How can you treat me so   To leave your dear old mother   And with a gambling man go   With a gambling man go, with a gambling man go      Oh mother, oh dear mother   I'll tell you if I can   If you ever see me coming back   It'll be with a gambling man   With a gambling man, with a gambling man      I hear a train a-coming   Coming round the curve   Whistling and a-blowing   And straining every nerve   Straining every nerve, straining every nerve      I am a roving gambler   I've gambled all around   Wherever I meet with a deck of cards   I lay my money down   Lay my money down, lay my money down