Rambling, Gambling Willie 作词 : Dylan 作曲 : Dylan Come aroud you rovin' gamblers and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all should know him well His name was Willie O' Conley and he gambled all his life He had twenty seven children yet he never had a wife And it's ride,Willie, ride Roll,Willie,roll Wherever you are a-gambling' now, nobody really knows He gambled in the White House and in the railway yards Wherever there was people, there was Willie and his cards He had the reputation as the gamble'est 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 a-gambling' now, nobody really knows Sailin' down the Mississippi to the town called New Orleans They're still talkin' about their card games on that Jackson River Queen "I'm come to win some money " gamblin' Willie says When the game finally ended up, the whole damn boat was his And it's ride,Willie, ride Roll,Willie,roll Wherever you are a-gambling' now, nobody really knows Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek There was an all-night poker game, lasted about week Nine hundred miners had laid their money down When Willie finally lest the room, he owned the whole damn town And it's ride,Willie, ride Roll,Willie,roll Wherever you are a-gambling' now, nobody really knows 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 a-gambling' now, nobody really knows When you play your card with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was bluffing' or whether he was true He won a fortune from a man who folded on 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 a-gambling' now, nobody really 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 a-gambling' now, nobody really knows So all you rovin' gamblers,wherever you might be The moral of the 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 a-gambling' now, nobody really knows