Delia

Delia was a gambling girl and gambled all around

Delia was a gambling girl, she laid her money down

All the friends

I ever had are gone

Delia's dear ol' mother took a trip out

WestWhen she returned, little

Delia had gone to rest

And all the friends

I ever had are gone

Delia's daddy weeped,

Delia's momma moaned

Wouldn't have been so bad if the poor girl died at home

All the friends

I ever had are gone

Curtis' looking high,

Curtis' looking low

He shot poor

Delia down with a cruel forty-four

All the friends

I ever had are gone

High up on the housetops, high as

I can seeLooking for them rounders, looking out for me

All the friends

I 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

I ever had are gone

Judge says to

Curtis, "What's this noise about?""All about them rounders Judge, tryin' to cut me out"

All the friends

I ever had are gone

Curtis said to the judge, "What might be my fine?"

Judge says, "Poor boy, you got ninety-nine"

All the friends

I ever had are gone'Curtis' in the jail house, drinking from an old tin cupDelia's in the graveyard, she might never, never get upAll the friends I ever had are goneDelia, oh Delia, how can it be?You loved all them rounders, never did love meAnd all the friends I ever had are goneDelia, oh Delia, how can it be?You wanted all them rounders, never had time for meAll the friends I ever had are gone ^[1]