Poker related songs

accensi0n

We probably know all the films by now.

Anyone know of any good poker related songs?

My favourite would be 'The name of the game is stud' by Tom Paxton.

jacQues

accensi0n wrote:

Anyone know of any good poker related songs?

The turn of a friendly card - Alan Parsons


jacQues

fade2black

Spanish Train - Chris de Burgh
And of course
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

karlh

Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack of Hearts


Patsy Cline - Turn the Cards Slowly

Waylander

House of the rising sun - the animals

Wallko

Clint Black - A good run of bad luck

delanec8

"Two Live Cards" and "Jimminy Cricket I flopped a flush" by Niall Hayden

shoutman

Crazy game of Poker by O.A.R

Duff Man Jr.

Dam that river - Ailce in chains

Not about poker but appropite title.

bohsman

"anyone can lose it all" - whats the name of this song/artist? Cheers.

fade2black

Paddy Casey? Saints And Sinners?

I know I have question marks there but they're for dramatic effect. I know I'm correct.

wayfarer

delanec8 wrote:

"Two Live Cards" and "Jimminy Cricket I flopped a flush" by Niall Hayden

LMFAO!! .. oh what a ne'er-do-well that Jimminy Cricket be ..


btw I wanna learn a love song by Harry Chapin makes a referance to poker, thats all that I can think of. Well except for the obvious one, i wanna be a hippy by happy hardcore

jtsuited

an often neglected poker reference (probably?):

Maybe there's a god above,
But all i ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.

cormie

jtsuited wrote:

an often neglected poker reference (probably?):

Maybe there's a god above,
But all i ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.

I don't think Cohen was referring to poker in that one, but he definitely was in "The stranger song"

Mr. Flibble

2 Unlimited: No Limit

DocO

there was a 2/3 wk period when i was going into the free roll, singing in me head "free falling" obviously changing the words though!

always thought it would be hilarious if when some1 gets knocked out another one bites the dust is blared out - cruel but funny

ntlbell

DocO wrote:

always thought it would be hilarious if when some1 gets knocked out another one bites the dust is blared out - cruel but funny

Oh the hilarity of it all, I'd love that!

cormie

even just the bass line would have great effect:D

Lazare

C'mon, what's wrong with yiz? Nobody mentions Kenny Rogers!! 'Know when to hold'em'

5starpool

Lazare wrote:

C'mon, what's wrong with yiz? Nobody mentions Kenny Rogers!! 'Know when to hold'em'

look in post #3

ianmc38

AC/DC - The Jack
Bob Dylan - Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

Lazare

5starpool wrote:

look in post #3

*eat my words*

Kane

The Ace of Spades - MotorHead

Is this the way to Amarillo (Slim) - Tony Christie :-)

Lazare

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."

DocO

cormie wrote:

even just the bass line would have great effect:D

I wonder could we get the large foam fingers they used to have on gladiator?



was once at the final table of a 100+ private function (fundraiser for a GAA club) and kenny rogers was put on. with a bar serving all night there were many well on their way and we had bout 10 people singing chorus at top of their voices whilst the game was still going . . .

brought a tear to my eye

celticbhoy

Lazare wrote:

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."

Ya, A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash...
Written by the lesser known Shel Silverstein...

MadsL

Have to buy this album!!!

Found this...

Artist/Band: Cledus T. Judd
Lyrics for Song: One Jack Off
Lyrics for Album: Bipolar & Proud

Every Friday night I go to bubba's hardware store
and give the secret knock on the private stockroom door
good ol' boys are shootin craps playin' five card stud
hot lookin' women
ice cold suds
this blonde was playin' poker
she was on a roll
I sat down beside her with my ace in the hole
I had to draw a jack to win
with a stright ace high
but win I drew that card
I kissed that pot goodbye

cause Im one jack off
here in my hand
I got an ace, a king, a queen, and a ten and
now Im in a jam
I was doin' fine till I pulled that nine
thats win I went soft
I was temptin fate with an ace high stright
but Im one jack off

Ive played with this deck so long its messin' with my mind
Ive heard it said to much of this it can make a man go blind
I can't let her beat me but I aint got a pray
Im sure shes got a real good hand
I see shes got a pair
I stared accross the table
holdin' that cheap call
then win she raised me
well I dang near lost it all
I tried to pull it out figurin' Id bluff
but win I showed her what I had
she said too bad your one jack off

Im just one jack off
aint that great
she said nice try but not to quick and an ace dont make a stright
I said how about another round
she said adie up there hoss
she took all my money
and Im still one jack off

Im one jack off
just my luck
she won my favorite pair of cowboy boots
and the pink slip to my truck
I knew Id have to come again next week
to get back what I lost
thats the story of my life
its seems Im always one jack off

thats right

one jack off

BigDragon

"Killing the Sunday €30 Freezout" by 'The Fingerpaint Portraits'

NORTH1

Probably very obvious

"Sitting next to Lois Lane
You got that woman but you want her gone
So you can sleep with a teenage blonde
You wear a mask wear an armoured suit
Can't get to you with the gun I shoot
You play your cards close to your chest because ya
Poker face is a dreadry mess"

Brian

ionapaul

Lazare wrote:

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."

"My name is Sue....how do you do....Now you gonna DIE!"

Culchie

"I can feel your heart beat"

Pighead

Bad Flop Blues by Jimmy Spade and the Pokerettes.

5starpool

My musical ignorance is really being driven home to me now when I can only recognise around 5 of the songs mentioned in this thread.

Culchie

Pighead wrote:

Bad Flop Blues by Jimmy Spade and the Pokerettes.

Pighead is here, Poker has arrived !!

ianmc38

Oh and:

Ray Charles - Losing Hand

Culchie

Ray Charles - Who took my blinds?

5starpool

Here is an abstract reference to poker for ye. How about:

Good Golly Miss Molly

Anyone?

Lazare

Dylan- 'positively 4th street'

ocallagh

5starpool wrote:

Here is an abstract reference to poker for ye. How about:

Good Golly Miss Molly

Anyone?

Gholimoli?

5starpool

ocallagh wrote:

Gholimoli?

it musn't have been that abstract at all then. still sad though and I would like to apologise to the world for bringing that into existance.

ntlbell

who knew those faglitossers keane were poker players!

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

DocO

Where the streets have no name - U2

or

the winner takes it all *



unless of course ther is a split agreed to give the final 9 out of a field of 30 a token prize

MadsL

Some good ol' lyrics from cowboylyrics.com

I sat myself down at a poker table
The sign said, Dealers' Choice - I played awhile
When my deal came, I flipped the first card over
Said, "Spit in the ocean, Cucamonga style!" [P]

[NC] He said, "We play Draw and we play Stud
And I mean, bud, we play for blood
But, No sir, we don't dig no, 'Nothin' wild!'
You can buy one in a pinch
Stack the deck or check a cinch
But, we don't dig no, 'Cucamonga style'."

(Change to E:)
I dropped a dollar on the blackjack table
And told the dealer, "Let the face cards fall!"
I turned over 18 and said, "Hit me!"
Well, he did and that's the last thing I recall.

---

One for the dealers - Emmylou Harris;
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
Who said they were through with dealing
Every time you gave them shelter
I know that kind of man
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender,
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
You find he did not leave you very much
Not even laughter
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
That is so high and wild
He'll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

ocallagh

5starpool wrote:

it musn't have been that abstract at all then. still sad though and I would like to apologise to the world for bringing that into existance.

apology accepted

i liked it though..!

cormie

MadsL wrote:

One for the dealers - Emmylou Harris;
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
Who said they were through with dealing
Every time you gave them shelter
I know that kind of man
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender,
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
You find he did not leave you very much
Not even laughter
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
That is so high and wild
He'll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

That's The Stranger Song I linked to earlier by cohen;) Saw Emmylou the other night with Mark Knopfler too though:D

ligger

The River, Springsteen.

Irish Wolf

Forget Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts... here's where it's all at!

Rambling, Gambling Willie - Bob Dylan.

Come around you rovin gamblers and a story I will tell
About the greatest gambler, you all should know him well.
His name was Will O'Conley and he gambled all his life,
He had twenty-seven children, yet he never had a wife.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

He gambled in the white house and in the railroad yards,
Wherever there was people, there was Willie and his cards.
He had a reputation as the gamblinest man around,
Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie came to town.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

Sailin down the mississippi to a town called New Orleans,
Theyre still talkin about their card game on that Jackson river queen.
Ive come to win some money, gamblin Willie says,
When the game finally ended up, the whole damn boat was his.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

Up in the rocky mountains in a town called Cripple Creek,
There was an all-night poker game, lasted about a week.
Nine hundred miners had laid their money down,
When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole damn town.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

But Willie had a heart of gold and this I know is true,
He supported all his children, and all their mothers too.
He wore no rings or fancy things, like other gamblers wore,
He spread his money far and wide, to help the sick and the poor.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

When you played your cards with Willie, you never really knew
Whether he was bluffin or whether he was true.
He won a fortune from a man who folded in his chair.
The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didnt even have a pair.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

It was late one evenin during a poker game,
A man lost all his money, he said Willie was to blame.
He shot poor Willie through the head, which was a tragic fate,
When Willies cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

So all you rovin gamblers, wherever you might be,
The moral of this story is very plain to see.
Make your money while you can, before you have to stop,
For when you pull that dead mans hand, your gamblin days are up.
And its ride, Willie, ride,
Roll, Willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.

smurph

There may be trouble ahead …. Written by Alan Williamson.

Should I Stay or Go Now by The Clash

Cry Me A River by Julie London.

And completely off subject is below

A few classic names for Country and Western songs - enjoy

Mama Get The Hammer! There's A Fly On Papa's Head!:

"Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye"

"Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure"

"I Can't Fly My Kite No More Cause My Wife Won't Give Me Any Tail"

"I Hate Every Bone In Your Body Except Mine"

"I Still MIss You Baby, But My Aim Is Gettin' Better"

"I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me than a Frontal Lobotomy"

"If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life Then Number 2 On You"

"If She Puts Lipstick On My Dipstick I'd Probably Fall In Love"

"Pardon Me I've Got Someone To Kill"

"She Got The Ring and I Got The Finger"
"You Can't Deal Me All the Aces and Expect Me Not to Play"

"You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly"

Sinfonia

Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed: "You can't win with a losin' hand" (he hasn't heard of bluffing)


In The Jailhouse Now by many different artists, written by Jimmie Rodgers originally i think...(popularised by O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

I had a friend named Ramblin Bob
He used to steal gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy around
Well I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday
They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown

He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Well, I told him once or twice to stop playin cards and shootin dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Bob liked to play his poker
Pinochle whist and euchre
But shootin dice was his favorite game
He got throw'd in jail with nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he refused to the fine

He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Well, I told him once or twice to stop playin cards and shootin dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Well I went out last Tuesday
I met a girl named Suzie
I said I was the swellest guy around
Well we got to spendin my money
And she started to callin me honey
We took in every cabaret in town
We're in the jailhouse now

We're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now
Well I told that judge right to his face
I don't like to see this place
We're in the jailhouse now