Five Card Stud

I remember it well
Was a hot rainy night
When that stranger rode into town
And tied up his horse at the Rainbow Café and bought everybody around

"Hey bartender, break open a new deck of cards
Let's have some good, honest fun
Now a sociable game, for a dollar or two, that never hurt anyone!"

Now put your money right down on the table boys
The name of the game
Five Card Stud
Now deal slow and easy from the top, son
The name of the game
Five Card Stud

That poker game lasted all through the night
It lasted through the next day
But one by one, they had to drop out
When they had no more money to play

That night, there was only the stranger
And a cowboy, a young friend of mine
They shuffled the cards, and the crowd sensed the end
As they put all the chips on the line

Now put your money right down on the table boys
The name of the game
Five Card Stud
Now deal slow and easy from the top, son
The name of the game
Five Card Stud

After four cards were dealt to the young cowboy's hand
Two kings, everybody could see
But the strangers hand looking better than his
Showed an ace, and an ace, and a three

The last card was dealt to the young cowboy's hand
And when he turned up a third king
Why, that stranger just smiled and threw in his cards
And he left without saying a thing

Well after he gone, they turned over his cards
And surprise showed on everyone's face
Oh they'll never know why he got up to go
When his card in the hole was an ace
Now in poker, all the rules say that aces beat king
So in proof, the stranger had won
But out of the crowd, just the two of us knew
That the stranger was playing his son

So put your money right down on the table boys
The name of the game
Five Card Stud
Five Card Stud
Five Card Stud