# Folk Files #2.4 - I Am A Roving Gambler

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Published: 2025-04-23T17:59:52+00:00
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## Resource

This episode explores the variations, history, and geography of the bluegrass song "The Roving Gambler." Host: Olivia Harding Special thanks to: Ashford King, The Cecil Sharp House/Ralph Vaughan Williams Library, and Aaron J. Morton Check out Basic Folk: https://basicfolk.com/ Listen to Ashford King: https://open.spotify.com/album/1IZwE0c1mzOQtd3nnWn8nE?si=A5AenKxXRvmAiM_duUVHPg Support Folk Files: https://www.patreon.com/c/FolkFilesPodcast?redirect=true Musical excerpts: ARTIST: Doc Watson WORK: The Roving Gambler SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhTcFh_jAnM ARTIST: Larry Sparks WORK: Roving Gambler SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVrfqvHVbdU ARTIST: Albert Sallee WORK: Roving Gambler SOURCE: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/OzarkFolkSong/id/1771 ARTIST: Donna Everett WORK: Roving Gambler SOURCE: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/OzarkFolkSong/id/1221 ARTIST: Rambling Jack Elliott WORK: Roving Gambler SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5BHG5G1P8 ARTIST: The Corries WORK: Roving Journeyman SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5LzHSci1Lg ARTIST: Harry Brazil WORK: Rambling Irishman SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDaC883iJjo ARTIST: Tom Willett WORK: The Roving Journeyman SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_DoReXQMRM ARTIST: Delia Murphy WORK: Roving Journeyman SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bztY9bHbbVA ARTIST: Samantha Bumgarner WORK: The Gamblin' Man SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfszrzc51Q&t=121s ARTIST: Leroy Gardner WORK: Gambling Man SOURCE: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/OzarkFolkSong/id/2942 ARTIST: The Wolfe Tones WORK: Paddy Lay Back SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QqpcENtS-s ARTIST: Joan Baez WORK: The Trees They Do Grow…

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