Leadbelly Becky Deem She Was A Gamblin' Girl
Becky Deem, she was a gamblin' gal
She win all her money, and she win it fair
Becky Deem, had her games on the ground
She win all the money the skinnerCould be a "mule
skinner" (driver), see singletree ref below laid
down
Becky Deem, had her games on the ground
She win all the money the skinner laid down
''[Instrumental verse]''
She started to hit one, with a singletreea wooden
bar swung at the center from a hitch on a plow, wagon,
etc. and hooked at either end to the traces of a
horse's harness
Mighta heared the rascal hollerin' "Don't you murder
me"
She started to hit one, with a singletree
You mighta heared the rascal hollerin' "Don't you
murder me"
''[Instrumental verse x 2]''
Walked all the way from East St Louis
She didn't have but the one thin dime
She walked all the way from East St Louis
And she didn't have but the one thin dime
Never spent it for whiskey, and honey neither for wine
Yes I spent it all on the sake of the man of mine
She never spent it for whiskey, and honey neither for
wine
I spent it all on the sake o' the man o' mine
''[Instrumental verse out]''
