[Spoken Word, DJ introduces the song] Up next is another Tin Pan Alley song from 1909 by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz. The duo was one of the most successful songwriting teams of the early 1900s, producing over 1,000 songs. Their "story" is one of industrial-scale creativity. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of comedic works and "character songs" designed for Broadway musicals. Although this song "The Gambling Man" is of that same time frame, it never appeared on Broadway, but it did well on the Vaudeville circuit. So now we present to you Public Domain Radio's cover of the Jerome and Schwartz's 1909 Tin Pan Alley classic; "The Gambling Man [Instrumental prelude] [Verse 1] Bill Williams was a gambling man, one of the reckless kind,— A gamer sport in all the world I'm sure you couldn't find; He'd bet on anything at all, he'd bet that day was night, And just to satisfy himself, he'd bet that black was white. When he was broke, he seldom spoke, to anyone at all, He'd hid [Solemn] When he was broke, he seldom spoke, to anyone at all, He'd hide away, for weeks they say, until he made a haul; Then to the track he'd hurry back into the betting ring, And as he'd place bets on each race the bookies heard him sing [Chorus] One day it's milk and honey, Next day hustling round for money, Ev'ry gamblin' man he knows Easy comes and easy goes; One day you're a great big winner, Next day you haven't got your dinner, And when you die, there's few will sigh, for a gambling man. Man [Verse 2] Bill played bank there really was no limit to his game, He ought to have a tablet in the Gamblers Hall of fame; He had a system of his own he said they couldn't beat,— Unless some piker on Bill's chair would rest his tired feet (gamblin' man, gamblin' man gamblin' man, gamblin' man) One night he broke the bank, no joke.He cleaned it out for fair Ten thousand cold, in bills and gold, felt like a millionaire; He left the place with smiling face as happy as a king, And as he went with ev'ry cent the gamblers heard him sing: [Chorus] One day it's milk and honey, Next day hustling round for money, Ev'ry gamblin' man he knows Easy comes and easy goes; One day you're a great big winner, Next day you haven't got your dinner, And when you die, there's few will sigh, for a gambling man. Man. [Instrumental] And when you die, there's few will sigh, for a gambling man. Man. (gamblin' man, gamblin' man gamblin' man, gamblin' man) And when you die, there's few will sigh, for a gambling man. Man. Ev'ry gamblin' man knows Ev'ry gamblin' man knows
