[Verse 1]

Well I'm a roving gambler

I've seen most every town

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards

I lay my money down

I lay my money down

Yeah, I lay my money down

[Verse 2]

I've gambled out in Texas

And down in New Orleans

I've lost the pot with four-of-a-kind

I've won with a couple of queens

Lord, I've bluffed with a couple of queens

I've won with a couple of queens

[Verse 3]

Well, I met a friend in Frisco

And Lady Luck was her name

Well, I couldn't lose with a pair of twos

'Till a woman got in the game

Lord, a redhead got in the game

Yeah a woman got in the game

[Verse 4]

Well she won my old black pan-head

She won my switch-blade knife

And when I lost everything I had

She told me to bet my life

She told me to bet my life

She told me to bet my life

[Verse 5]

If you don't want to lose your freedom

If you care about your life

Don't get in a game with a redheaded thing

You'll win yourself a wife

Lord, you'll win yourself a wife

Oh, you got yourself a wife