Jerry Garcia
Folk Time, Hart Valley Drifters, 2016
Before The Dead, Jerry Garcia, 2018
Other recordings
This list is not intended to be comprehensive.
Single (New River Train / Rovin' Gambler), Kelly Harrell, 1925
Single (Rovin' Gambler / Sinking Of The Titanic), George Reneau, 1925
Single (The Rovin' Gambler / Stone Mountain Memorial), Tobe Little (Vernon Dalhart), 1925
Single (The Roving Gambler / New River Train), Vernon Dalhart, 1925
Single (Rovin' Gambler / The Convict And The Rose), Vernon Dalhart, 1925
Single (The New River Train / The Roving Gambler), Guy Massey, July 1925
Single (Rovin' Gambler / In The Baggage Coach Ahead), Vernon Dalhart, 1926
Single (The Roving Gambler / Death Of John Henry), Herbert Jennings / Welby Toomey, 1926
Single (In The Shadow Of The Pine / The Roving Gambler), Billy Jorday / Herb Jennings, 1926
Single (Roving Gambler / In The Shadow Of The Pine), Clarence Adams / Carl Harris, 1926
Single (The Rovin' Gambler / The Wreck Of The 1256 (On The Main Line Of The C. And O.)), Al Craver, 1926
Single (In The Shadow Of The Pine / The Rovin' Gambler), Doc Roberts Trio / Welby Toomey, 1927
Single (Roving Gambler / Wreck Of The Old '97), Vernon Dalhart, 1927
Single (Rovin' Gambler / The Little Log Cabin In The Lane), Jeff Calhoun / Kenneth Calvert, 1928
Single (It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / The Rovin' Gambler), Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers, 1929
Single (Good Old Turnip Greens / The Roving Gambler), Pie Plant Pete, 1930
Single (O Jailer, Bring Back That Key / The Roving Gambler), Pie Plant Pete, 1930
Single (MISSOURI JOE / ROVING GAMBLER), ADAMS & CLARK / TOM COOK, 1930
Single (I Knowed I'd Settle Down / Rovin' Gambler), Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers, 1931
Single (Shoo Fly / Rovin' Gambler), Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers, 1931
Single (Skip To My Lou / Rovin' Gambler), Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers / Johnny Crocket, 1931
Single (Rovin' Gambler / I Like Mountain Music), Kelly Harrell / Master Hawaiians, 1934
Single (She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain Medley / Oh Dem Golden Slippers - Rovin' Gambler), Frank Luther, 1938
Decca Presents An Album Of American Folk Songs, Frank Luther, Zora Layman and Leonard Stokes, 1938?
Single (Roving Gambler / Skip To My Lou), Pete Daley's Arkansas Fiddlers, 1944
Single (Frankie And Johnny / The Roving Gambler), Burl Ives / Jack Mccauley - Alma Kaye, 1948
Single (The Roving Gambler / Mother The Queen Of My Heart), Doye O'Dell, 1948
Sin Songs, Ed McCurdy, 1955
The Wayfaring Stranger, Burl Ives, 1955
This Lusty Land, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1955
Gambling Songs, Logan English, 1957
The New Lost City Ramblers, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1958
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, Everly Brothers, 1958
Songs for Rounders, Hank Thompson, 1959
The Wandering Cowboy, Elton Britt With Zeke Manners Band, 1959
The Gateway Singers At The hungry i, The Wayfarers, 195?
Country Songs Old & New, The Country Gentlemen, 1960
EP, Rusty York and the Kentucky Mountain Boys, 1961
A Treasure Chest of American Folk Song, Ed McCurdy, 1961
Brothers Four Greatest Hits, Brothers Four, 1962
Folk Songs of the Everly Brothers, Everly Brothers, 1962
Folk Music of Washington Square, Various Artists (Alice L. McKillen), 1962
Greatest Hits, The Brothers Four, 1962
In Action, The Willis Brothers, 1962
Great Country Guitar Instrumentals, The Shady Oak Boys, 1963
Way Back In the Hills of Kentucky, Stringbean, 1964
Jack Elliott, Jack Elliott, 1964
American Folk Singers And Balladeers, Various Artists (Jack Elliott), 1964
Let's Sing Out, Various Artists (New Christy Minstrels), 1964
Sings Folk Songs, Casey Anderson, 1965
Folk Jamboree, Various Artists (The Banjo Barons), 1965
Hootenanny Special, Various Artists (New Christy Minstrels), 1965
The Soul Of, DickCurless, 1966
Old Times and Hard Times, Hedy West, 1967
Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains - Persistence and Change, Various Artists (Hobart Delp, Larry Delp, Joe Kyles), 1968
Legendary Stanley Brothers Recorded Live, Stanley Brothers, 1970
Essential, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1970
Together For The Last Time, Stanley Brothers, 1971
End of an Era, Everly Brothers, 1971
Walkin' Home to Pittsburg, Leon Morris & the Bluegrass Associates, 1973
Sparklin' Bluegrass, Larry Sparks and The Lonesome Ramblers, 1975
The Complete Kelly Harrell, Vol. 1/3, Kelly Harrell, 1975?
Immortal Carson Robison, Carson Robison and his Pioneers, 1978
Mountain Fiddler, Robert Byrd, 1978
Old Time Music from Fancy Gap, Abe Horton, 1978
Cornbred, Molasses and Sassafras Tea, Harold and Abe, 1978
All I Want To Do In Life, Jack Clement, 1978
Visions In Bluegrass, The Izard County Bluegrass Boys, 1978
Live at the Golden Palace, River City Bluegrass Band, 1979
Cowbell Hollow String Band, Cowbell Hollow String Band, 1981
The Unclaimed Pint, Sally Rogers, 1982
The Walls of Time, Peter Rowan, 1982
Dark Hollow, Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers, 1982
Grinning In Your Face, Martin Simpson, 1983
Vacation In The Smokies, The Smoky Mountain Travelers, 1983
Marty Robbins Files, Vol. 5 - 1958, 1959, 1962, Marty Robbins, 1984
Old Time Banjo Tunes, Wade Mainer, 1984
The Kirkland Recordings, Various Artists (J.B. Easter), 1984
Close To Home, Dave Evans & River Bend, 1985
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Been, Spider John Koerner, 1986
Been Riding with Old Mosby, Frank Bode, 1986
Stanley Series, Vol. 2 #3, Stanley Brothers, 1986
Bristol Sessions. Vol 1, Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers, 1987
Songs For Rounders, Hank Thompson, 1987
Country Best, Dave Dudley, 1988
Classic Bluegrass, Larry Sparks, 1989
Kenny Hall and the Long Haul String Band, Kenny Hall and the Long Haul String Band, 198?
Mountain Dulcimer - Galax Style, Phyllis Gaskin, 1991
Music from the Mountain, Iron Mountain String Band, 1992
One Step Ahead, Hazel River Band, 1992
Classic Everly Brothers, Everly Brothers, 1992
Carolina Blue, Lou Reid, Terry Baucom and Carolina, 1993
Hei-wa Hoedown, Wat Koken, 1995
Family Songs and Stories From The North Carolina Mountains, Doug and Jack Wallin, 1995
Unfaithful And Blue, Larry Fuller Band, 1995
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 1995
20 Old-Time Country Favorites, Mac Wiseman, 1997
The Complete Record Works, Vol. 1 (1925-26), Kelly Harrell, 1998
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1: 1925-1926, Kelly Harrell, 1998
Race You to the Sun, Zelig, 1998
Classic Bluegrass, Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers, 199?
The Complete Kelly Harrell, Vol. 1, Kelly Harrell, 19??
The First Singing Cowboy On Records, Vernon Dalhart, 19??
Single, Benny & Vallie Cain and the Country Clan, 19??
Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City, Doc Watson, 2001
The Complete Cadence Recordings: 1957-1960, The Everly Brothers, 2001
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3: 1928-1929, The Skillet Lickers, 2001
Irish in America, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy, 2001
Rattlesnake Tidal Wave, Foghorn Stringband, 2002
Lonesome Valley, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 2002
Buffalo Skinners, Rob McNurlin, 2004
Live at the Dominion, Foggy Hogtown Boys, 2004
Tearin' Up The Line, The Atkinson Family, 2004
Lindberg, The Eagle Of The USA, Vernon Dalhart, 2005
Worried Blues, Frank Hutchison and Kelly Harrell, 2005
Side By Side, Al Traynor & Randy Morrison, 2005
Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 2005
The Best of Mac Wiseman: Essential Original Masters, Mac Wiseman, 2006
On Susan's Floor, Mac Wiseman, 2006
Lefty's Old Guitar, J. D. Crowe & the New South, 2006
Carolina Calling Me, Hickory Ridge, 2006
Aunt Jenny Wilson, Aunt Jenny Wilson, 2007
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Peter Rowan), 2007
Is It True?, The Dwyers, 2008
Twice Upon a Time, The Kingston Trio, 2008
Home on the Grange, Peter Feldmann & the Very Lonesome Boys, 2008
Bring Me Home, Peggy Seeger, 2008
Danny Beach, Danny Beach, 2008
Drive-Time Bluegrass, Various Artists (Larry Sparks), 2009
Echoes Of The Mountains, Dry Branch Fire Squad, 2009
House Full of Sorrow, Blue Canyon Boys, 2009
The Acoustic Conspiracy, Faces Made For Radio, 2009
Driving Through A Ghost Town, Anna Mae Mitchell & Rising Tide, 2009
Up On The Ridge, Dierks Bentley, 2010
Unencumbered, Mark Cosgrove, 2010
Muddy Roads, David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, 2013
Notes
The lyrics of the version played by the Hart Valley Drifters are as follows;
I am a roving gambler,
I've gambled all around,
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards,
I lay my money down.
Lay my money down, lay my money down.
Had not been in (?),
Many more weeks but three,
When I fell in love with a pretty girl,
And she fell in love with me.
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me.
She took me to her parlor,
Cooled me with a fan,
Whispered low in her mother's ear,
I love that gambling man.
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man.
Oh, daughter, oh, dear daughter,
How can you treat me so,
To leave your dear old mother,
And with a gambling man go.
With a gambling man go, with a gambling man go.
Oh, mother, oh, mother,
I'll tell you if I can,
If you ever see me coming back,
It'll be with a gambling man.
With a gambling man, with a gambling man.
I hear a train a-coming,
Coming round the curve,
Whistling and a-blowing,
And straining every nerve.
Straining every nerve, straining every nerve.
I am a roving gambler,
I've gambled all around,
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards,
I lay my money down.
Lay my money down, lay my money down.
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