[Verse 1]

Delia was a gambling girl

Gambled all around

Delia was a gambling girl

She laid her money down

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 2]

Delia's dear ol' mother

Took a trip out west

When she returned

Little Delia gone to rest

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 3]

Delia's daddy weeped

Delia's momma moaned

Wouldn't have been so bad

If the poor girl died at home

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 4]

Curtis looking high

Curtis looking low

He shot poor Delia down

With a cruel .44

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 5]

High up on the housetops

High as I can see

Looking for them rounders

Looking out for me

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 6]

Men in Atlanta

Tryin' to pass for white

Delia's in the graveyard, boys

Six feet out of sight

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 7]

Judge says to Curtis

"What's this noise about?"

"All about them rounders, Judge

Tryin' to cut me out"

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 8]

Curtis said to the judge

"What might be my fine?"

Judge says, "Poor boy

You got ninety-nine"

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 9]

Curtis' in the jail house

Drinking from an old tin cup

Delia's in the graveyard

She ain't gettin' up

All the friends I ever had are gone

[Verse 10]

Delia, oh Delia

How can it be?

You loved all them rounders

Never did love me

All the friends I ever had are gone