This is without a doubt the best gambling related song of all time. And my old mate Shane MacGowan is proof positive that good things happen when you consume large quantity of Guinness, hey hey. "Bottle Of Smoke" Thanks and praises Thanks to Jesus I bet on the Bottle of Smoke I went to Hell And to the races To bet on the Bottle of Smoke The day being clear The sky being bright He came up on the left Like a streak of light Like a drunken fuck On a Saturday night Up came the Bottle of Smoke Twenty fucking five to one Me gambling days are done I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke And my horse won Stewards inquiries Swift and fiery I had the Bottle of Smoke Inquisitions and suppositions I had the Bottle of Smoke Fuck the stewards A trip to Lourdes Might give the old fuckers The power of sight Screaming springers and stoppers And call out coppers But the money still gleams in my hand like a light Bookies cursing Cars reversing I had the Bottle of Smoke Glasses steaming Vessels bursting I had the Bottle of Smoke Slip a fifty to the wife And for each brat a crisp new five To give me a break on a Saturday night When I had the Bottle of Smoke Priests and maidens Drunk as pagans They had the Bottle of Smoke Sins forgiven and celebrations They had the Bottle of Smoke Fuck the Yanks And drink their wives The moon is clear The sky is bright I'm happy as a horse in shite Up came the Bottle of Smoke
Lightnin' Hopkins, "Gambler's Blues" You know I once was a gambler, boy, but I lost my money soon Yes, I once was a gambler, boy, but I lost my money soon Yes, I lost all of my money some other, some other gambler can have my room You know I lost all my money, in a no good gambling game Yes, I lost all my money, boys, in a no good gambling game I was on my bad luck, kept gambling just the same When you lose that old no good money, you sit around with your head hung down When you lose that old no good money, you sit around with your head hung down Yeah, wake up next morning happy, I'm the best gambler in this town
thats whjy you never see me in blues clubs. the words are repeated over and over and I would be the guy in the crowd yelling out...." I heard you the first time......I get it"
Oh for God sakes! All YOU do is repeat yourself over and over and over! You, Larry are the single worse offender of repeating yourself and the points you are attempting to make. The worse offender I have seen on this site. The worse offender I have come across on any site that I have participated on. How many times have you mentioned "poor customer service at WoV"....100? Go back and read the thread (now broken off) about the definition of professional gambler. How many ties did you make the analogy about your daughter bringing home a Professional "this" or professional "that"? All you did is repeat the same thought over and over and over. "There are none so blind as those that will not see".
my fave...and I saw lloyd price sing this between races at a upstate NY race track.....maybe around 1972 (the dovells were there too) with as much as mrV likes craps.....the song works well with his name in it as well go Mr V gO mR v
All the old delta blues guys learned the repeat line from Jimmy Rodgers. It's a technique still used in Rock & Roll today. Jimmy Rodgers, a white country singer, pioneered the technique.
Wow I never actually listened to the words of that song however its before my time so it's something I only heard enough to kinda like it.