Rambling, Gambling Willie-Bob Dylan

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[al:The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare And Unreleased) 1961-1991]
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[00:00.00]Rambling, Gambling Willie (Live) - Bob Dylan
[00:05.28]Come around you roving
[00:06.37]Gamblers and a story I will tell
[00:09.52]About the greatest gambler
[00:10.96]You all should know him well
[00:13.72]His name was Will O' Conley
[00:15.15]And he gambled all his life
[00:17.68]He's had twenty-seven children
[00:19.45]Yet he's never had a wife
[00:21.81]And it's ride Willie ride
[00:24.37]Roll Willie roll
[00:26.22]Wherever you are gambling now
[00:28.41]Nobody knows
[00:33.37]Well he gambled in the
[00:34.65]White House and in the railroad yards
[00:37.74]Wherever there was people
[00:39.53]There was Willie and his cards
[00:41.83]He had the reputation
[00:43.51]As the gamblingest man around
[00:46.17]Wives would keep their husbands home
[00:48.01]When Willie came to town
[00:49.95]And it's ride Willie ride
[00:52.47]Roll Willie roll
[00:54.18]Wherever you are gambling now
[00:56.17]Nobody knows
[01:01.04]Sailing down the Mississippi to a town
[01:03.88]Called New Orleans
[01:04.99]They're still talking about their card
[01:06.88]Game on that Jackson River Queen
[01:09.36]"I've come to win some money" Gambling Willie says
[01:13.24]When the game finally ended up
[01:15.07]The whole darn boat was his
[01:17.22]And it's ride Willie ride
[01:19.87]Roll Willie roll
[01:21.61]Wherever you are gambling now
[01:23.74]Nobody really knows
[01:28.56]Up in the rocky mountains in a town
[01:31.28]Called Cripple Creek
[01:32.75]There was an all-night poker game
[01:34.76]Lasted about a week
[01:36.78]Nine hundred miners had laid their money down
[01:40.53]When Willie finally left the room
[01:42.65]He owned the whole darn town
[01:44.09]And it's ride Willie ride
[01:46.95]Roll Willie roll
[01:48.46]Wherever you are gambling now
[01:50.72]Nobody knows
[02:18.01]But Willie had a heart of gold and
[02:20.00]This I know is true
[02:21.72]He supported all his children and
[02:23.93]All their mothers too
[02:25.88]He wore no rings or fancy things
[02:27.62]Like other gamblers wore
[02:29.72]He spread his money far and wide to
[02:31.92]Help the sick and the poor
[02:33.61]And it's ride Willie ride
[02:36.13]Roll Willie roll
[02:37.78]Wherever you are gambling now
[02:39.80]Nobody knows
[02:45.52]When you played your cards with Willie
[02:47.29]You never really knew
[02:49.71]Whether he was bluffing or whether he was true
[02:53.71]He won a fortune from a man
[02:55.66]Who folded in his chair
[02:57.44]The man he left a diamond flush
[02:59.57]Willie didn't even have a pair
[03:01.35]And it's ride Willie ride
[03:03.83]Roll Willie roll
[03:05.60]Wherever you are gambling now
[03:07.62]Nobody knows
[03:12.39]It was late one evening during a poker game
[03:16.56]A man lost all his money he said
[03:18.74]"Willie was to blame"
[03:20.58]He shot poor Willie through the head
[03:22.62]Which was a tragic fate
[03:24.54]When Willie's cards fell on the floor
[03:26.49]They were aces backed with eights
[03:28.40]And it's ride Willie ride
[03:30.80]Roll Willie roll
[03:32.53]Wherever you are gambling now
[03:34.62]Nobody knows
[03:39.54]So all you rambling gamblers
[03:41.40]Wherever you might be
[03:43.72]The moral of this story is very plain to see
[03:47.54]Make your money while you can
[03:49.40]Before you have to stop
[03:51.56]For when you pull that dead man's hand
[03:53.37]Your gambling days are up
[03:55.05]And it's ride Willie ride
[03:57.84]Roll Willie roll
[03:59.77]Wherever you are gambling now
[04:01.63]Nobody really knows