Gambling Polka Dot Blues

Gambling Polka Dot Blues - Jimmie Rodgers

Written by：Jimmie Rodgers/R. Hall

I thought I was a gambler

Broke every shark in town

Until I met a rounder

Who called all I put down

We laid the cards on the table

He drew an ace high hand

He bet his watch and I called it

And lost my money like a man

I've got them polka dot blues

Oh them polka dot blues

Lost my hat and my coat

And my straight lace shoes

I sold my watch and went back to lose

The mean old gambling polka dot blues

The gambling polka dot blues

My gal had plenty and

I got twenty then went back and sat down

I got a four but I thought it was more

As we dealt the cards around

I set the deck on the table

And bet him all I could stand

I turned over a measly four

He had another ace high hand

I've got them polka dot blues

Oh them polka dot blues

Lost my hat and my coat

And my straight lace shoes

I sold my watch and went back to lose

The mean old gambling polka dot blues

The gambling polka dot blues