Gambling Songs
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
(Read only, anymore; sorry.)
Short version of rules
Without using a search engine to find one, write down at least eight words of a song containing the word (or the topic, if it's a general topic).
If it's the newest word, play once, and wait for another player to play before you go again.
On older words, you can play over and over without waiting!
15 comments:
Well I strolled down to the corner gave my numbers to the clerk
the pot's eleven million
so I called in sick to work...
---Mary Chapin Carpenter, "I Feel Lucky"
You got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run
Kenny Rogers
The cards were dealt all 'round the table
Each man took a card on the draw...
"Mother the Queen of my Heart"
Jimmie Rodgers
You know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
Eagles
"Desperado"
Well the race is on and here comes heartache
And the winner loses all
"The Race is On," George Jones
(likening a breakup to a horse race)
Bet my money on the bobtailed nag
Somebody bet on the bay
-"Camptown Races"
Playing card games with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
The City of New Orleans
Steve Goodman
You always won, every time you placed a bet
You're Still the Same
Bob Seger
Theres black jack and poker and the roulette wheel.
A fortune won and lost on evry deal.
All you need is a strong heart and a nerve of steel.
Viva las vegas, viva las vegas.
Elvis
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier;
I know that clubs are weapons of war;
I know that diamonds mean money for this art,
But that's not the shape of my heart.
Sting
Doin' seven-come-eleven
Down in the boys gym
Charlie Brown
He's a clown...
(just heard it on the oldies' station)
Lily had two queens, she was hoping for a third to match her pair.
"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" Bob Dylan (from Blood on the Tracks)
In every gambling casino
From Monte Carlo to Reno
They tell me that a beginner
Comes out a winner
(Irving Berlin, "I've Got Beginner's Luck")
Well I told him once or twice
To stop playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
Hank Williams
I went to Monte Carlo the other day
I went to Monte Carlo to have some play
I went to Monte Carlo, and straightaway
I went and fell in love with the croupier
The croupier advised me to back the red
The croupier was handsome: I lost my head
And when the game was over, and love was dead
I realized I'd bet on the black instead!
(Cole Porter, "I'm Unlucky at Gambling")
Post a Comment