If I Lose

If I lose let me lose, I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time

I can't walk neither can I talk

Just gettin' back from the state of old New York

One mornin' before day

Flossie, oh, Flossie, now what is the matter?

Walked all the way from old Cincinnati

One mornin' before day

If I lose let me lose and I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time

The blood was a-runnin', I was runnin' too

To give my feet some exercise, I had nothin' else to do

One mornin' before day

Yeah, the peas was so greasy, the meat was so fat

The boys was fightin' the Spaniards while I was fightin' that

One mornin' just before day

If I lose let me lose, I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time

You ought to seen them boats, comin' round the bend

Everyone was loaded down with American men

One mornin' just before day

If I lose let me lose, I don't care how much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime

For my baby, she keeps money all the time