Craig Herbertson - Ace Of Clubs lyrics

Beneath the chandeliers Upon the Persian rugs Carousers take their stand Fine whiskey in their hands The rakes are in the halls The dugs are in t' the yards As Fortune's lost and won Upon a deck o cards Haloo the horse and hounds The fox and cubs The gamblers and the rakes The sporting bloods Adieu the decks o cards The dice and dugs Adieu my luves And on yer grave The Ace of clubs The Earl o Carrick's son Has penniless become The whisper's in the hall Prestonfield must fa Up Sir William stands The deck is in his hands 'I stake my house and lands Upon a single card! ' The portraits on the wall The ghosties in the hall The ancestors appalled Prestonfield will fa The nobles and the lords, Auld reekies big and sma The baronets a craw Prestonfield will fa The count picks up the cards 'The word of peers is law Should I tup your card Prestonfield will fall' And with a deadly grin He cuts the King of Spades And as Sir William prays He draws the Ace Of Clubs Farewell the rakes and bloods The whooring and the chase My drinking days are gone My gambling nights erased I'll idle in the grounds Mak follies in the yards And never will again Touch a pack o cards