Ace in the Hole-Bunk Johnson/Lu Watters

[ti:Ace in the Hole] [ar:Bunk Johnson] [al:Bunk and the New Orleans Revival (1942-1947)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ace in the Hole - Bunk Johnson/Lu Watters [00:11.74]This town is full of guys [00:13.88] [00:14.78]Who think they're mighty wise [00:16.87] [00:17.70]Just because they know a thing or two [00:21.03] [00:22.81]Why you can see them everyday [00:25.75]Strolling up and down Broadway [00:28.10] [00:28.96]Telling of the wonders they can do [00:32.25] [00:33.97]You see why conmen and boosters [00:36.61] [00:37.46]Card sharks and crap shooters [00:39.95]They congregate around the Metropole [00:43.71] [00:45.37]They wear fancy ties and collars [00:47.80] [00:48.38]But where they get their dollars [00:51.20]They all got an ace down in the hole [00:55.26] [00:56.81]Now some of them write to the old folks for coin [01:02.15] [01:03.27]And that's their ace in the hole [01:06.63] [01:08.23]But others have gals on the old Tenderloin [01:13.25] [01:14.61]And that's their ace in the hole [01:17.83] [01:19.68]They'll tell you of money [01:21.94] [01:22.53]They're made and they're spent [01:24.64] [01:25.23]But they never can buy a bankroll [01:29.76] [01:30.96]And their names would be mud [01:33.22] [01:33.81]Like a chump dealing stud [01:36.38]If they lost that old ace in the hole [01:41.37] [02:51.21]They'll tell you all the trips [02:53.26] [02:53.83]They are going to make [02:56.06] [02:56.77]From 'Frisco up to that North Pole [03:01.39] [03:02.27]But they'd end up on that line [03:05.30]In their clothes not a dime [03:07.95]If they lost that old ace in the hole