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Thread #4977   Message #688407
Posted By: GUEST,Scabby Doug allegedly at work
12-Apr-02 - 05:22 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Gambling Barroom Blues (Jimmie Rodgers)
Subject: Lyr Add: GAMBLIN' BAR ROOM BLUES
I searched Google for Alex Harvey and came up with this - don't know how much the SAHBs may have messed about with it though... can anyone help?

Cheers

Steven

GAMBLIN' BAR ROOM BLUES
As recorded by Alex Harvey on “The Last of the Teenage Idols” (2016) and “Shout: The Essential Alex Harvey” (2018)

CHORUS: Ho! He! Ho! He! You're just as drunk as me.
Ho! He! Ho! He! Head for the deep blue sea.

I went down to the corner, just for to meet my pal.
I found him talkin’ on the sidewalk, talkin’ to my gal
I went back to the barroom, to get another drink of gin.
‘Bout the first thing I knew I was reeling, rocking drunk again. CHORUS

I kept on drinkin’ liquor, to way out in the night
My pal came into the barroom; we had an awful fight
I reached down for my razor and then we messed aroun’.
But when I drew my pistol, I quickly smoked him down. CHORUS

So I headed on back to the barroom, stoppin’ in at the bar,
And there I met a policeman, sittin’ in a motorcar.
We kept drinkin’ lots o’ liquor, that flat-footed cop, and I.
I thought he would never leave me; I knew that he had to die.
And I laid my head on the barroom floor; never get drunk anymore.
I pawned my watch, my golden chain; I pawned my baby's diamond ring. CHORUS 2X