Gambler's Blues-Dave Van Ronk

[ti:Gambler's Blues] [ar:Dave Van Ronk] [al:The Perfect Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Gambler's Blues - Dave Van Ronk [00:06.48]It was down my houl Joe's bar room [00:09.69] [00:10.81]On a corner of the square [00:14.72]They were serving drinks as usual [00:18.39] [00:18.94]And the usual crowd was there [00:22.20] [00:23.11]On my left stood Big Joe McKennedy [00:26.07] [00:27.15]His eyes were bloodshot red [00:30.44] [00:31.10]Well he turned to the crowd around him [00:34.61] [00:35.15]These are the very words he said [00:38.27] [00:39.22]I went down to that St-James Infirmary [00:42.45] [00:44.04]I saw my baby there [00:46.08] [00:47.18]Stretched out on a long white table [00:50.81] [00:51.41]So sweet so cold so fair [00:54.79] [00:55.39]Let her go let her go God bless her [00:58.62] [00:59.70]Wherever she may be [01:02.57] [01:03.22]She may search this wide world over [01:06.91] [01:07.44]Never find a sweet man like me [01:10.69] [01:11.34]When I die please bury me [01:14.00] [01:15.31]In my high-top Stetson hat [01:18.44] [01:19.27]Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch-chain [01:23.60]My God know I died standing pat [01:26.40] [01:27.12]I want six crapshooters for pallbearers [01:29.97] [01:31.13]A chorus girl to sing me a song [01:34.79]Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon [01:38.94]To raise hell as I stroll along [01:42.14] [01:42.67]Let her go let her go God bless her [01:45.99] [01:46.95]Wherever she may be [01:49.67] [01:50.40]She may search this wide world over [01:54.62]Never find a sweet man like me [01:57.66] [01:58.61]When Now that I've told my story [02:01.64] [02:02.64]I'll take another shot of booze [02:05.22] [02:06.24]And if anyone to happen to ask you [02:10.37]Well I've got those gamblers blues [02:13.54] [02:14.34]Let her go let her go God bless her [02:17.68] [02:18.51]Wherever she may be [02:21.17] [02:22.08]She may search this wide world over [02:26.92]Never find a sweet man like me