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




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