Is the hand for sale yet? Oh no! Did you forget?
I know! I’m dealing! I know, I’m dealing.
Now ‘tis for sale – Oh wait, no!
Poker hand, who has a poker hand?
Why will no one play le main poker?
Jacks or better or at least a pair
Why will no one play le main poker?
Low black, low red.
Low black, low red.
You start with clubs or maybe spades, a deuce or trey is the way it’s played.
A ten nor face card should you play, a deuce or trey is the way it’s played.
And so it goes, with deuce clubs followed by the trey and four.
And so it goes until we come at last to paying hearts!
Ten of hearts that I now shall play, and there’s the jack – play it right away!
Who holds the cursed queen heart card? My last card is the king of hearts!
No queen?
I’m out!
You’re out?!?
You stink!!
I owe you ten, you get this pot. You smell like a dirty old pair of socks.
I owe you ten, you get this pot. You smell like a dirty old pair of socks.
Last time I lost, I swore I’d never buy the hand again!
Now here I sit, no hearts no chips and no friends!
So ante up, it takes nine chips to go around!
And don’t forget to deal a second hand…
I know, I know!
Georges Bizet/OFCM (1875, 2010)
Carmen – Habenera
