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Notes:
A Sonoma County, California resident, Larry Potts has won considerable acclaim by winning and placing in numerous songwriting competitions, and as a seasoned performer has delighted audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area with his easy, relaxed delivery and award-winning songs.
Lyrics:
In ’62 Abe Lincoln said America won’t rest
Until we lay the iron road and join her East and West
As the Union and the Central raced to fill the dream
A Bible-totin’ English gal brought me to my knees
She Said, call me Poker Alice you’re on my Midnight run
A game of three-card Monte, sir, a round of Five and One?
Praise the Lord and place your bets, there’s many a mile to ride
I’m Poker Alice Ivers and I’ll take you down the line
Alice, you’re a beauty but the way you play’s not fair
Straights and flushes never win, or Aces in a pair
Your icy stare is breakin’ me the coolest in the land
But I believe a Queen of Hearts lies hidden in your hand
She said wagerin’ fo me-friend is risky
You’re better off to drown youself in whiskey
And don’t forget a double-cross will earn a fair reward
I’ll send a man to Kingdom Come with my forty-four
In Deadwood, South Dakota a saloon beside the tracks
Was home to Alice girls who made a livin’ on their backs
But every single Sunday she shut the tables down
And preached the Good Word to the girls and everyone in town
She Said, call me Poker Alice you’re on my Midnight run
A game of three-card Monte, sir, a round of Five and One?
Praise the Lord and place your bets, there’s many a mile to ride
I’m Poker Alice Ivers and I’ll take you down the line
Alice died in poverty her fortunes turned to dust
Upon her grave they carved these words: Alone In God We Trust
I wonder if she rode those rails from earth to paradise
‘Cause standin’ there I swear I heard her singin’ in the pines:
Praise the Lord and place your bets, there’s many a mile to ride
I’m Poker Alice Ivers and I’ll take you down the line
© Larry Kenneth Potts
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