Gambler`s Bride — текст песни (Ely Joe)

Hello, my babe. I`m back to stay
You`re sure wearing fine pretty things.
But where is your ring, your ring and chain
I gave you last summer in the fallin` rain?

"Your ring," she said, "You`ve been gone so long.
I gave your ring away
I met a man, a gamblin` man.
Said he would buy me the Milky Way."

Away, Away. I`ve been away.
I`ve been so many miles.
Where is the smile that once lit your face?
It seems a tear has taken is place

"My smile," she sighed, with a look a little wild,
"My smile it is possessed.
I met a man, a gamblin` man.
Said he would buy me happiness."

I never, I never
You know I never
I never had much to give
But I gave you my heart
Now where is your heart?
It was all that I had from the very start.

"My heart," she cried, " It has been bought."
She looked at me with fear.
"I married that man, that gamblin` man
Who`d shoot you if he found you here."