Once A Gambler-Lightnin' Hopkins

[00:00.00]Yeah, you know I once was a gambler [00:23.19]But I lost my money roll [00:33.22]Yeah, you know I once was a gambler [00:40.04]Boy, but I lost my money roll [00:49.60]That's the reason I don't have no sweet woman [00:56.14]Now I done lost my happy home [01:10.91]You take it down when you lose that no good money [01:16.77]He sat around with his head hung down [01:27.92]When you lose that old dog gone money [01:33.65]You sit around with your head hung down [01:43.59]You will try to borrow you fifty dollars [01:49.99]To start all over again in another town [01:54.74]Too late you gonna lose [01:56.36]Your friends don't pay you no money [02:34.43]Baby, if you only will forgive me [02:42.73]I won't gamble no more [02:52.64]If you only will forgive me, baby [02:57.19]Lord, have mercy, poor Lightning won't gamble no more [03:10.62]She says I can't help you now [03:17.24]Sold out to the devil and that's no way to go [03:22.97]And I couldn't help but cry [03:25.00]I cried like I did [04:02.45]She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning [04:08.91]You know who I am, I'm your wife [04:18.38]She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning [04:24.35]You know who I am, I am your wife [04:34.00]She's looking at, brother, just like you lost your money [04:40.29]You had a good chance to lose your life [04:50.52]So go ahead on, Lightning