Jack O’ Diamonds Jack O’ Diamonds and I know you of old You’ve robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold It’s a whiskey you villain you’ve been my downfall You’ve kicked me you’ve cuffed me but I loves you for all It’s a whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry If I don’t get rye whiskey well I think I will die Beefsteak when I’m hungry red liquor when I’m dry Greenbacks when I’m hard up and religion when I die I’ll a go to yonder holler and I’ll build me a still I’ll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry If a tree don’t fall on me I’ll live till I die If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck I’d dive to the bottom and never come up But the ocean ain’t whiskey and I ain’t a no duck I’ll play Jack O’ Diamonds and trust to my luck Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry If the whiskey don’t kill me I’ll live till I die