Poker Woman Blues

by Blind Arthur Blake recording of July 1929, Richmond, Virginia from Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1928-1929) (Document DOCD5026) I love to gamble, gamblin's all I do I love to gamble, gamblin's all I do And when I lose, it never makes me blue I gambled away my money, I gambled away my shack I gambled away my money, I gambled away my shack Same way I lost it, same way I get it back I won a woman in a poker game I won a woman in a poker game I lost her too, win another just the same Sometimes I'm rich, sometimes I ain't got a cent Sometimes I'm rich, sometimes I ain't got a cent But I've had a good time, every way I went

 

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