The Gambling Man 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Nov 2008
2008

Bill Williams was a gambling man
one of the reckless kind,
a gamer sport in all the world
I'm sure you couldn't find,
He'd bet on anything at all
he'd bet that day was night
and just to satisfy himself
he'd bet that black was white.
When he was broke
he seldom spoke
to anyone at all,
he'd hide away
for weeks they say
until he made a haul,
Then to the track he'd hurry back
into the betting ring,
And as he'd place bets
on each race
the bookies heard him sing:

One day it's milk and honey,
next day hustling round for money,
ev'ry gamblin' man he knows
easy comes and easy goes,
One day you're a great big winner
next day you haven't got your dinner,
and when you die,
there's few will sigh,
for a gambling man.

One day it's milk and honey,
next day hustling round for money,
ev'ry gamblin' man he knows
easy comes and easy goes,
One day you're a great big winner
next day you haven't got your dinner,
and when you die,
there's few will sigh,
for a gambling man.

When Bill played bank
there really was
no limit to his game,
He ought to have a tablet
in the Gamblers' Hall of Fame,
He had a system of his own,
he said they couldn't beat,
unless some piker on Bill's chair
would rest his tired feet.
One night he broke,
the bank no joke,
he cleaned it out for fair,
ten thousand cold,
in bills and gold,
felt like a millionaire.
He left the place with smiling face
as happy as a king,
and as he went with ev'ry cent
the gamblers heard him sing:

One day it's milk and honey,
next day hustling round for money,
ev'ry gamblin' man he knows
easy comes and easy goes,
One day you're a great big winner
next day you haven't got your dinner,
and when you die,
there's few will sigh,
for a gambling man.

One day it's milk and honey,
next day hustling round for money,
ev'ry gamblin' man he knows
easy comes and easy goes,
One day you're a great big winner
next day you haven't got your dinner,
and when you die,
there's few will sigh,
for a gambling man.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Gambling Man 1902
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by William Jerome
© 1902 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 26 November 2008 at 11.23
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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