Rye Whiskey

Jack o' Diamond, Jack o' Diamond 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 love you for all

And it's a whiskey, rye whiskey

Whiskey I cry

If I don't get rye whiskey, well, I think I will die

It's a beefsteak when I'm hungry

Rye whiskey when I'm dry

Greenbacks when I'm hard up

Heaven when I die

I'll a-go to yonder holl-er

And I'll build me a still

I'll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill

Ha, whiskey, rye whiskey

Whiskey, I cry

If a tree don't fall on me

I'll live 'til I die

If the ocean was whiskey (ssss (hic))

and I was a duck

I'd dive to the bottom and never come (hic)

I meant to say "up"

Now the ocean ain't whiskey (hic)

I ain't a duck

I'll play Jack o' Diamond

And trust to my luck

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Whiskey, rye whiskey

Whiskey, I cry

If a whiskey don't kill me

I'll live 'til I die