Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you most of all You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold And Whiskey, you villain, you've been my down-fall You've cuffed and you've kicked me but I loved you of old
Oh Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Whiskey I cried If I don't get rye Whiskey I surely will die
Well I go yonder mountain and build me a still And I send you a gallon for a five dollar bill Well it's beefcake when I'm hungry, Whiskey when I'm dry And it's greenbacks when I'm hard off and hell when I die
If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck I'd swim to the bottom and never come up Oh, but the sea ain't made of Whiskey and I ain't a duck So I play Jack Of Diamonds and trust on my luck