Follow The Deal On Down (12-11-24) - Bessie Smith

I had a gamblin' man

He’s hard to understand

He just give me worries and goin' around

He was scheming to his dice

Couldn’t give him no advice

He followed the deal on down

He was a gambler

I mean he was a gambler

And he’d always lay his money down

If he win or if he lose

He would never sing the blues

He followed the deal on down

He took sick the other day

And his bills i had to pay

None of his good friends could be found

Not a penny to his name

Of course he’s not to blame

Lord, he followed the deal on down

He was a gambler

Yes he was a gambler

And he would always go from town to town

Gamblin' life he’d crave

It lays a poor boy in his grave

He followed the deal on down