I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around
我是个天涯赌徒，我四处赌博
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
只要我看见一桌子的牌
I lay my money down
我就会下注
Lay my money down, lay my money down
不断下注，疯狂下注

I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
我在华盛顿呆不过三周
I met up with a pretty little girl
我碰到一个可爱的小妞
She fell in love with me
她爱上了我
She fell in love with me, fell in love with me
疯狂地爱上了我

She took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fan
她把我带到她的家，打开了风扇，让我凉快
She whispered low in her mother's ear
她在她母亲耳边低语
I love that gambling man
我喜欢那个天涯赌徒
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man
非常喜欢，喜欢得不得了

Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so
噢，女儿，天啊，妳怎么能这么对我
Leave your dear old mother
妳竟然要离开妳亲爱的母亲
And with a gambler go
和一个赌徒浪迹天涯
With a gambler go, with a gambler go
和他走，和他亡命天涯

My mother oh dear mother you can not understand
妈妈啊，妳都不懂我
If you ever see me a coming back
如果妳看见我回来了
I'll be with a gambling man
我一定会和个赌徒在一块儿
With a gambling man, with a gambling man
和一个赌徒在一块儿，在一块儿

I left her there in Frisco and I wound up in Maine
我在弗里斯科和她分手，在缅因州定居
I met up with a gambling man
之后我遇到另一个赌徒
Got in a poker game
在打牌的时候
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game
在打牌的时候，在打牌的时候

We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around
我们把钱都放在盆里，开始发牌
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
我看到他出千了
And I shot that gambler down
我就把他一枪射死
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down
只用一枪，就把他射倒了

Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name
好吧，我现在在监狱里，名字成了一串编号
The Warden said as he locked the door
狱警说，等他把门锁上
You've gambled your last game
我就在赌最后一次的博
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game
最后一次，最后一次赌博

I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around
我是个天涯赌徒，我无处不在
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
只要我看到一桌子牌
I lay my money down
我就会下注
Lay my money down, lay my money down
就会下注