... gotta know when to fold'em ... (by Kenny Rogers)
I must confess and make a disclaimer that growing up in Latin America the only thing I really knew about Kenny Rogers was the sound of his raspy voice and the fact that it sounded like as if he was a wise man giving advice; sure the tunes were also amusing, I must add, and though I attempted to "memorize" the lyrics, without any preconceived knowledge of the English language I was doomed to simply repeat sounds without meaning and knowing what he was talking about; and that's how I learned and enjoyed the song The Gambler. Years have passed by and I have learned a word or two in English, enough to understand the lyrics of the song; furthermore, I have learned to play a good game of Texas Hold'em and have come to appreciate the meaning of the song more fully than in my old "memorizing" days. In one occasion, a young player sitting at a poker table made this astonishing comment that he was quitting university to become a professional poker player. I was not