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A E Well, late last night in the Kettle of Fish, I was having a glass of beer, A When up comes a rambler by the name of Sam that has lately been a-seen around here. E He gives me a "Howdy" and he buys me a drink and he calls me by my name, A Says, "Some of these boys are just waiting upstairs, would you like to have another game?"
There were four or five fellers round a table upstairs and the smoke was thick as sin,
They took my coat and they pulled up a chair and they proceeded to deal me in.
I started in winning with the very first hand and I kept on winning for a while,
I had money in my pockets and money in my shoes and money in a great big pile.
E D A It's, O Lordy, don't you see, this old stud poker'll be the ruin of me. E7 A You got to get ready to shed some blood when the name of the game is stud.
I kept on winning for an hour or more and the boys were feeling low.
I was looking like a winner and feeling like a sinner and I just about had to go.
I caught a pair of aces on the very last hand and I bet my whole bank roll,
But Sammy had a pair of deuces on the deck and another deuce in the hole.
It's, O Lordy, don't you see, this old stud poker'll be the ruin of me.
You got to get ready to shed some blood when the name of the game is stud.
You know I lost every penny that I had in the world, I lost my last red cent.
Now my old woman ain't talking to me and the landlord wants his rent.
I know I had it coming and I sure enough did and I've only got myself to blame
But my fingers keep itching and I keep twitching just to find another poker game.
It's, O Lordy, don't you see, this old stud poker'll be the ruin of me.
You got to get ready to shed some blood when the name of the game is stud.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1965)
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