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Thread #4099   Message #22063
Posted By: Earl
23-Feb-98 - 12:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
Subject: RE: I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I also learned it as "Rye Whiskey" with a couple more verses:

For work I'm too lazy, investment's too slow
Train robbin's too risky, it's gamblin' I'll go
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry,
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die.

It's beefsteak when I'm hungry, Rye Whiskey when I'm dry
Greenbacks when I'm hard up and religion when I die
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry,
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die.