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 [00:06.42]It was down my houl Joe's bar room [00:09.63] [00:10.75]On a corner of the square [00:14.66]They were serving drinks as usual [00:18.33] [00:18.88]And the usual crowd was there [00:22.14] [00:23.05]On my left stood Big Joe McKennedy [00:26.01] [00:27.09]His eyes were bloodshot red [00:30.38] [00:31.04]Well he turned to the crowd around him [00:34.55] [00:35.09]These are the very words he said [00:38.21] [00:39.16]I went down to that St-James Infirmary [00:42.39] [00:43.98]I saw my baby there [00:46.02] [00:47.12]Stretched out on a long white table [00:50.75] [00:51.35]So sweet so cold so fair [00:54.73] [00:55.33]Let her go let her go God bless her [00:58.56] [00:59.64]Wherever she may be [01:02.51] [01:03.16]She may search this wide world over [01:06.85] [01:07.38]Never find a sweet man like me [01:10.64] [01:11.29]When I die please bury me [01:13.95] [01:15.26]In my high-top Stetson hat [01:18.39] [01:19.22]Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch-chain [01:23.55]My God know I died standing pat [01:26.34] [01:27.06]I want six crapshooters for pallbearers [01:29.91] [01:31.07]A chorus girl to sing me a song [01:34.73]Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon [01:38.88]To raise hell as I stroll along [01:42.08] [01:42.61]Let her go let her go God bless her [01:45.93] [01:46.89]Wherever she may be [01:49.61] [01:50.34]She may search this wide world over [01:54.56]Never find a sweet man like me [01:57.60] [01:58.55]When Now that I've told my story [02:01.58] [02:02.58]I'll take another shot of booze [02:05.16] [02:06.18]And if anyone to happen to ask you [02:10.31]Well I've got those gamblers blues [02:13.48] [02:14.28]Let her go let her go God bless her [02:17.62] [02:18.45]Wherever she may be [02:21.11] [02:22.02]She may search this wide world over [02:26.86]Never find a sweet man like me