Three Armed, Poker-Playin' River Rat - The Everly Brothers

In the summertime in 1861

And I was livin' near to Cairo town

Only 20 years old when I stepped aboard the River Queen

Well a man walked up in a shiny blue suit

He said «Son you wanna play some cards?»

It was the three-armed poker playin' river rat from New Orleans

Well we sat down to play a little game of Black Jack

And the folks how they gathered round

And then he started to deal so fast my head commenced to spin

In one hand he had a drink

In one hand he had a smoke

In one hand he had a royal flush

Dirty three-armed poker playin' river rat from New Orleans

La la la, La la la na

La la la, La la la na

You know I played ‘til I was broke

Then I upped and walked away

To have a talk with a gal I’d found

For to get some sympathy for way the stranger treated me

Well he walked up as bold as brass

Put two arms around her waist

And with the other hand he knocked me down

I hate the three-armed poker playin' river rat from New Orleans

La la la, La la la na

And now morning has come to rolling River Queen

Where the gamblin' man slept last night

Folks say he fell overboard, and was washed out to sea

And here I’m sitting here in a shiny blue suit

Just a-grinnin' like a crazy fool

Kinda wonderin' what to do with the other sleeve

I hate that three-armed poker playin' river rat from New Orleans