Ravella

Friends, my story is bitter and sweet
 Of a gal I hope you never may meet
 A woman whose luck rivals as much as she's mean...
 Ah! With a smile as pretty as a starry sky
 She'll invite you in then leave you dry
 She's Ravella, the riverboat queen.
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She's the infamous gambling gal from New Orleans
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 Raised by a crackerjack hobo man
 In the bucktooth hills of Alabam'
 She learned the ways of the ancient game of chance
 With a suitcase full of cards and dreams
 She headed for the ships of steam
 To live a life of flare, gold and romance
 She wore a top hat, frills and lace,
 and she sang with style and grace -
 a siren from the depths of the Yankee Nile.
 Her tricks were extraordinaire
 She drew whiskey from thin air
 Shot aces in the sky with her .45 pearls.
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She's the infamous gambling gal from New Orleans
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 At the age of seventeen
 She made paupers out of kings
 And left men begging for their pants (May I please have my pants?)
 She had a monkey named Rizoo
 Who often played the fool
 And then picked the pockets of the gents with which she danced
 She once met a man from old Cantoon
 With a pocket of silver bright as the moon
 And a smile shiny as a Christmas carol
 After thirteen games of craps and dice
 He knew she wasn't sugar and spice
 And walked the gangplank home in a whiskey barrel...
 When she places a bet, oh, she dances with merriment
 Her fingers are quick as a wink - ha ha ha!
 With a laugh and a sigh, well, she'll slip past your eye
 And throw snake eyes into your drink.
 Because she's...
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She's the infamous gambling gal from New Orleans
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 Her best friends were the Jack of Spades
 and a bottle of Tennessee Rain.
 She played blackjack for days and days
 While quoting Spit and Twain
 Green-eyed beauty, gypsy lass
 Huckleberry hussey, sassafrass (you sure got a purty mouth)...
 Moonshine mama, cotton queen
 She's the luckiest gal you've ever seen!
 Daughter of the river, she's the golden fortune dame
 She dances with chance and she always wins the game
 If you bet your heart it will never again be seen
 She's Ravella, the riverboat queen!
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She's the infamous gambling gal from New Orleans
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 One, two...
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She's the infamous gambling gal from New Orleans
 Ravella! Riverboat queen!
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 She'll steal your heart and take away your...
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 She'll steal your heart and take away your dreams.
 Oh, Ravella!