You know I once was a gambler, boy, but I lost my money 
soon
Yes, I once was a gambler, boy, but I lost my money soon
Yes, I lost all of my money some other, some other 
gambler can have my room

You know I lost all my money, in a no good gambling game
game
I was on my bad luck, kept gambling just the same

When you lose that old no good money, you sit around with 
your head hung down
When you lose that old no good money, you sit around with 
your head hung down
Yeah, wake up next morning happy, I'm the best gambler in 
this town