Aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played If the gambling went to morning that’s how late my daddy stayed He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made And aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played Some say that daddy was a good for nothing man But he’d come home each morning with the money in his hand There was chicken on the table and the rent was always paid From those aces straights and flushes That’s the game my daddy played Aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played If the gambling went to morning that’s how late my daddy stayed He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made And aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played Oh mama she ran off with some fast talking man And daddy took to gambling just to feed our little clan Sometimes it was blackjack and sometimes seven stud But aces straights and flushes Well they ran in daddy’s blood Aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played If the gambling went to morning that’s how late my daddy stayed He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made And aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played Then came the time that daddy played his biggest game For the love of a woman and the honour of her name And when the smoke had cleared and the cards had all been played My daddy gave up gambling and took up the trombone Aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played If the gambling went to morning that’s how late my daddy stayed He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made And aces straights and flushes that’s the game my daddy played