The stranger didn’t know the game,
But he was willing to live and learn;
To him the cards were all the same—
“They was to all at first he’d hearn,”
And the Sports laughed loud and dealt the pack
And gave him four queens and a thick-legged Jack,
As they will when trains are running.
And then they bet on the poker hand,
And fattened the pot to a goodly pile,
And they asked the stranger if he would stand,