Lyrics and translation Jimmie Rodgers - Gambling Polka Dot Blues
I
thought
I
was
a
gambler
broke
every
shark
in
town
Je
pensais
être
un
joueur,
j'ai
ruiné
tous
les
requins
de
la
ville
Until
I
met
a
rounder
who
called
all
I
put
down
Jusqu'à
ce
que
je
rencontre
un
filou
qui
a
appelé
tout
ce
que
j'ai
mis
We
laid
the
cards
on
the
table,
he
drew
an
ace
high
hand
On
a
mis
les
cartes
sur
la
table,
il
a
tiré
un
as
haut
He
bet
his
watch
and
I
called
it
and
lost
my
money
like
a
man
Il
a
parié
sa
montre
et
je
l'ai
appelé,
j'ai
perdu
mon
argent
comme
un
homme
I've
got
them
polka
dot
blues,
oh
them
polka
dot
blues
J'ai
ce
blues
des
pois
à
pois,
oh
ce
blues
des
pois
à
pois
Lost
my
hat
and
my
coat
and
my
straight
lace
shoes
J'ai
perdu
mon
chapeau,
mon
manteau
et
mes
chaussures
en
dentelle
I
sold
my
watch
and
went
back
to
lose
J'ai
vendu
ma
montre
et
je
suis
retourné
perdre
The
mean
old
gambling
polka
dot
blues,
the
gambling
polka
dot
blues
Ce
vilain
blues
des
pois
à
pois
du
jeu,
le
blues
des
pois
à
pois
du
jeu
My
gal
had
plenty
and
I
got
twenty
then
went
back
and
sat
down
Ma
chérie
avait
beaucoup
d'argent
et
j'en
avais
vingt,
puis
je
suis
retourné
m'asseoir
I
got
a
four
but
I
thought
it
was
more
as
we
dealt
the
cards
around
J'ai
un
quatre,
mais
j'ai
pensé
que
c'était
plus,
alors
qu'on
distribuait
les
cartes
I
set
the
deck
on
the
table
and
bet
him
all
I
could
stand
J'ai
posé
le
jeu
sur
la
table
et
j'ai
parié
tout
ce
que
je
pouvais
supporter
I
turned
over
a
measly
four
he
had
another
ace
high
hand
J'ai
retourné
un
maigre
quatre,
il
avait
un
autre
as
haut
I've
got
them
polka
dot
blues,
oh
them
polka
dot
blues
J'ai
ce
blues
des
pois
à
pois,
oh
ce
blues
des
pois
à
pois
Lost
my
hat
and
my
coat
and
my
straight
lace
shoes
J'ai
perdu
mon
chapeau,
mon
manteau
et
mes
chaussures
en
dentelle
I
sold
my
watch
and
went
back
to
lose
J'ai
vendu
ma
montre
et
je
suis
retourné
perdre
The
mean
old
gambling
polka
dot
blues,
the
gambling
polka
dot
blues
Ce
vilain
blues
des
pois
à
pois
du
jeu,
le
blues
des
pois
à
pois
du
jeu
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58 Sleep Baby, Sleep
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66 Blue Eyed Jane
67 Why Did You Give Me Your Love?
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76 Frankie and Johnny
77 Jimmie's Texas Blues
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2 The Soldier's Sweetheart
3 Blue Yodel No.10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)
4 Ninety Nine Years Blues
5 My Time Ain't Long
6 Hobo's Meditation
7 Roll Along Kentucky Moon
8 Southern Cannon Ball
9 My Good Gal's Gone
10 Looking for a New Mama
11 Gambling Polka Dot Blues
12 When the Cactus Is In Bloom (Round-Up Time Out West)
13 Let Me Be Your Side Track
14 The Wonderful City
15 Jimmie the Kid
16 Travellin' Blues
17 T.B. Blues
18 In the Hills of Tennessee
19 Mother, the Queen of My Heart
20 Whippin' That Old TB
21 Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixon Line
22 Mississippi Delta Blues
23 Old Love Letters
24 Old Pal of My Heart
25 The Yodelling Ranger
26 Blue Yodel No. 13 (Women Made A Fool Out of Me)
27 I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now
28 The Cowhand's Last Ride
29 Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
30 Blue Yodel No.12 (Barefoot Blues)
31 Sweet Mama Hurry Home
32 Miss the Mississippi and You
33 Prairie Lullaby
34 I've Only Loved Three Women
35 Gambling Bar Room Blues
36 Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
37 No Hard Times
38 Rock All Our Babies to Sleep
39 In the Jailhouse Now No. 2
40 Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
41 The Mystery of Number Five
42 I'm Lonely and Blue
43 Waiting for a Train
44 Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)
45 Never No Mo' Blues
46 My Little Lady
47 My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
48 My Old Pal
49 Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel or She's Long, She's Tall)
50 Memphis Yodel
51 Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
52 In the Jailhouse Now
53 The Sailor's Plea
54 The Brakeman's Blues (Yodelling the Blues Away)
55 Away On the Mountain
56 Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)
57 Ben Dewberry's Final Run
58 Sleep Baby, Sleep
59 Desert Blues
60 Any Old Time
61 Blue Yodel No. 5
62 High Powered Mama
63 Jimmy's Mean Mamma Blues
64 Those Gambler's Blues
65 Pistol Packin' Papa
66 Blue Eyed Jane
67 Why Did You Give Me Your Love?
68 That's Why I'm Blue
69 Blue Yodel No. 11
70 Blue Yodel No. 7 (Anniversary Blue Yodel)
71 Years Ago (Fifteen Years Ago Today)
72 Mississippi River Blues
73 My Rough and Rowdy Ways
74 Yodelling Cowboy
75 Blue Yodel No. 6
76 Frankie and Johnny
77 Jimmie's Texas Blues
78 Train Whistle Blues
79 Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues
80 I'm Sorry We Met
81 Hobo Bill's Last Ride
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