Luke Abbott - I've Always Been a Rambler lyrics

I've always been a rambler My fortune's been quite hard I've always loved the women Drink whiskey and play cards My parents treated me kindly As they had no boy but me My mind was bent on rambling At home I couldn't agree There was a wealthy merchant Who lived in the country by He had a beautiful daughter To whom I cast an eye She was so tall and handsome So pretty and so fair There never was a girl In this wide world To her I could compare I asked if it'd make any difference If I crossed o'er the plain She said it'd make no difference If you return again She said that she'd prove true to me Until I proved unkind So we shook hands and parted And I left that girl behind I traveled out one morning To the salt works I were bound And when I reached the salt works I viewed the city all around Where the work and The money were plentiful And the girls all treated me kind But the only object of my heart Was the one I left behind I rambled out one evening Down on the public square The mail had just arriven I met the carrier there He handed me a letter Which caused me to understand That the girl I left in Tennessee Had married another man I read a few lines further And I found out it was true My heart was filled with tumult I didn't know what to do My heart was filled with trouble And trouble was on my mind I'm a-goin' to drink and gamble For the girl I left behind