Fortune

(words collected by Peter Budd)

From Brad Leftwich. Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo Book. Words from Tommy Jarrell. 

Key D

Once I had a fortune, all locked up in my trunk
I lost it all a gambling (or “in a poker game”), one night when I got drunk

Wish I had a pretty little horse, corn to feed him on
And a pretty little wife to stay at home and feed him when I’m gone