Delia by Blind Willie McTell Lyrics

Delia was a gambler, gambled all around
She was a gambling girl, she laid her money down
She's all I've got, is gone

Delia's dear mother took a trip out West
When she returned little Delia had gone to rest
She's all I've got, is gone

Delia's mother weeped, Delia's father moaned
Wouldn't've been so bad if the child had died at home
She's all I've got, is gone

Delia, Delia, how can it be?
Say you love those ramblers and don't love me
She's all I've got, is gone

Kenny in the bar-room, bringing out the silver cup
Delia she's in the graveyard, may not now wake up
She's all I've got, is gone

Brother tie your buggy, double-seated hack
Taking Delia to the cemetery but fail to take her back
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia Delia, poor girl she's gone
All I hate, she's left me all alone
She's all I've got, is gone

Judge said to Kenny, "What's that fuss about?
On account of those gamblers trying to drive me out"
She's all I've got, is gone

Kenny said to the church, "What may be my fine?"
"I've told you poor boy, you've got 99"

Up on the house-top, higher than I could see
Looking at those ramblers, looking out to me
She's all I've got, is gone

Kenny lookin' high, Kenny lookin' low
Shot poor Delia with that hatin' 44
She's all I've got, is gone