Aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my Daddy played. If the gambling went till morning, that's how late my Daddy stayed. He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made. Aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my Daddy played.
Some say my 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, the game my Daddy played.
from Aces, Straights and Flushes (lyrics by Bruce Utah Phillips & Nancy Katz; music by Kate Wolf)
June 23-26 • Black Oak Ranch • Laytonville, California 1