Ace In the Hole-Bunk Johnson

[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 [00:11.78]This town is full of guys [00:13.92] [00:14.82]Who think they're mighty wise [00:16.91] [00:17.74]Just because they know a thing or two [00:21.07] [00:22.85]Why you can see them everyday [00:25.79]Strolling up and down Broadway [00:28.14] [00:29.00]Telling of the wonders they can do [00:32.29] [00:34.01]You see why conmen and boosters [00:36.65] [00:37.50]Card sharks and crap shooters [00:39.99]They congregate around the Metropole [00:43.75] [00:45.41]They wear fancy ties and collars [00:47.84] [00:48.42]But where they get their dollars [00:51.24]They all got an ace down in the hole [00:55.30] [00:56.85]Now some of them write to the old folks for coin [01:02.19] [01:03.31]And that's their ace in the hole [01:06.67] [01:08.27]But others have gals on the old Tenderloin [01:13.29] [01:14.65]And that's their ace in the hole [01:17.87] [01:19.72]They'll tell you of money [01:21.98] [01:22.57]They're made and they're spent [01:24.68] [01:25.27]But they never can buy a bankroll [01:29.80] [01:31.00]And their names would be mud [01:33.26] [01:33.85]Like a chump dealing stud [01:36.42]If they lost that old ace in the hole [01:41.41] [02:51.25]They'll tell you all the trips [02:53.30] [02:53.87]They are going to make [02:56.10] [02:56.81]From 'Frisco up to that North Pole [03:01.43] [03:02.31]But they'd end up on that line [03:05.34]In their clothes not a dime [03:07.99]If they lost that old ace in the hole