James Weldon Johnson - My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred ...

James Weldon Johnson Zitate

My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow workmen to settle my room rent and pay for my meals.

James Weldon Johnson

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Mein Glück am Spieltisch war vielfältig; manchmal war ich fünfzig bis hundert Dollar voraus, und zu anderen Zeiten musste ich mir von meinen Arbeitskollegen Geld leihen, um meine Zimmermiete zu bezahlen und meine Mahlzeiten zu bezahlen.

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