FIVE CARD STUD
(Wally Gold)


Merle Kilgore - 1964
Lorne Greene - 1965


Two years ago on a hot rainy night
A visitor rode into town
He tied up his horse at the Rainbow Café
And he bought ev'rybody a round

Hey, bartender, break open a new deck of cards
Let's have some good honest fun
A sociable little game for a dollar or two
Never did hurt anyone

A-put your money right down on the table, boys
The name of the game, Five Card Stud

And deal slow and easy from the top, son
The name of the game, Five Card Stud

The poker game lasted all through the night
Right on into the day
And one-by-one they had to drop out
For they had no more money to play

Now, all that were left were the visitor
And a man who was dressed mighty fine
He shuffled the cards and the crowd sensed the end
As they put all their chips on the line

A-put your money right down on the table, boys
The name of the game, Five Card Stud

When four cards were dealt to the gentleman's hand
Two kings ev'rybody could see
But the visitor's hand, looking better than his
Showed an ace, an ace and a three

The fifth card was dealt to the gentleman's hand
He smiled as he turned up a king
The visitor folded all of his cards
He left without saying a thing

Put your money right down on the table, boys
The name of the game, Five Card Stud

After he'd gone they turned over his cards
And surprise showed on ev'ryone's face
They'll never know why he got up to go
When the card in the hole was an ace

Now, in poker the rules say that aces beat kings
So in truth the stranger had won
But out of the crowd just the two of us knew
The stranger was playing his son

Put your money right down on the table, boys
The name of the game, Five Card Stud

A-deal slow and easy from the top, son
The name of the game, Five Card Stud
Five Card Stud
Five Card Stud
Five........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2011)