Sam Oakenhurst's Story

Now you’ve heard of old Sam Oakenhurst
Holed the wheel, earned himself a hearse
Bête Paul swore a powerful curse
Put Sam’s name down to kill him first

Now Sam he was a jugadero man
He was once the very best in town
Joli Sam il est un gambling man
Made you lay ton argent down

Sam loved Colinda, but she loved Jack
Lay ton argent down
Swore he’d die if she don’t come back
Lay ton argent down

Pays his money and he takes his chance
Watch him do the Cajun dance
Deux by quatre et two by four
Stepping up the coeur mon coeur

Sam leans across the table at The Terminal
And his forehead scored a frown
There was Jack Karaquazian
Jack is laughing fit to howl

So they began the Game of Time
And all their souls were stakes
Playing for the worlds across the line
Ace by ace and nine by nine
Ace à ace et neuf-sur-neuf
Lay ton argent down

A mile-high funnel in Biloxi’s surf
Lay ton argent down
Kings and aces, queens and jacks
Lay ton argent down
Blow your colour and blow them stacks
Lay ton argent down

Pays his money and he takes his chance
Watch him do the Cajun dance
Deux by quatre et two by four
Stepping up the coeur mon coeur

Blow them stacks at Biloxi Fault
Seeded colour instead of salt
Sucked in blood instead of air
So nous play the Biloxi fair.

Sucked up blood instead of air
Stuck at The Terminal — right here
À la Terminal, bet you a dollar
The game is fair but please don’t holler

Bet you a dollar the game’s okay
Everybody play le Machinoix way
Bet you a million this game she fix
Roll her any way you like, she come up six

Sucked up blood instead of air
Got stuck at the tables — right here
Sucked up flies instead of honey
That’s the way they got Jack’s money

Pays his money and he takes his chance
Watch him do the Cajun dance
Deux by quatre et two by four
Stepping up the coeur mon coeur

Sam Oakenhurst he know what you think
Don’t ever gonna need another drink.
Sam he knows what you ever gonna say
Before you say it, forever and a day

That old Sam is a mighty good man
A mighty good man is Gambling Sam
Turn your money and twist your cards
This man’s a slave to his own heart

Twist and turn, good old Sam
Sam’s le bon vieux gambling man.
Say goodbye to sweet old Sam
Heaven needs the gambling man

Pays his money and he takes his chance
Watch him do the Cajun dance
Deux by quatre et two by four
Stepping up the coeur mon coeur