Lyrics:
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you most of all
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
And whisky, you villain, you've been my down fall
You've cuffed and you've kicked me but I love you of old
"Oh, whisky, rye whisky, whisky," I cried
"If I don't get rye whisky I surely will die."
"Oh, whisky, rye whisky, whisky," I cried
"If I don't get rye whisky 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.
It's beefcake when I'm hungry, whisky when I'm dry,
And it's greenbacks when I'm hard up, and hell when I die
"Whisky, rye whisky, whisky," I cried,
"If I don't get rye whisky I surely will die."
"Oh, whisky, rye whisky, whisky," I cried
"If I don't get rye whisky I surely will die."
If the sea were made of whisky and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom and never come up
Oh, but the sea ain't made of whisky and I ain't a duck
So I'll play Jack of Diamonds and trust on my luck
"Whisky, rye whisky, whisky", I cry,
"'coz the seas are all dried up and it's hell when I die."
"Rye whisky, rye whisky, rye whisky", I cry,
"'coz the seas are all dried up and it's ducks when I die."