Delia

Delia was a gambling girl, gambled all around
 Delia was a gambling girl
 She laid her money down
 All the friends they ever had are gone
 Delia's dear mother took a trip out west
 When she returned
 Poor Delia had gone to rest
 All the friends they ever had are gone
 Delia's daddy wept, Delia's mama moaned
 Wouldn't have been so bad
 If the poor girl died at home
 All the friends they ever had are gone
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 Curtis' looking high, Curtis' looking low
 He shot poor Delia down with a cruel 44
 All the friends he ever had are gone
 High up on the housetops, high as I can see
 Looking for them rounders
 Looking out for me
 All the friends they ever had are gone
 Men in Atlanta, tryin' to pass for white
 Delia's in the graveyard, boys
 Six feet out of sight
 All the friends they ever had are gone
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 Judge says to Curtis, "What's this noise about?"
 "It's all about these rounders, Judge
 Tryin' to cut me out"
 All the friends they ever had are gone
 Curtis says to the judge, "What might be my fine?"
 Judge says, "Poor boy, you got 99"
 All the friends they ever had are gone
 Curtis' in the jailhouse, drinking from an old tin cup
 Delia's in the graveyard, boy
 She may never get up
 All the friends they ever had are gone
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 Delia, oh Delia, how can it be?
 You loved all them rounders
 Never did love me
 All the friends they ever had are gone
 Oh Delia, oh Delia, how can it be?
 You wanted all them rounders
 Never did want me
 All the friends they ever had are gone