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 love 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
I'll eat when I'm hungry I'll drink when I'm dry
If the hard times don't kill me I'll lay down and die
I'll tune up my fiddle and I 'll rosin my bow
I'll make myself welcome wherever I go
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die
Beefsteak when I'm hungry red liquor when I'm dry
Greenbacks when I'm hard up and religion when I die
They say I drink whiskey my money's my own
All them that don't like me can leave me alone
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die
Sometimes I drink whiskey sometimes I drink rum
Sometimes I drink brandy at other times none
But if I get boozey my whiskey's my own
And them that don't like me can leave me alone
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 to get one sweet suck
But the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't a duck
So we'll round up the cattle and then we'll get drunk
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If the whiskey don't kill me I'll live till I die
My foot's in my stirrup my bridle's in my hand
I'm leaving sweet lillie the fairest in the land
Her parents don't like me they say I'm too poor
They say I'm unworthy to enter her door
It's a whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey well I think I will die
Sweet milk when I'm hungry rye whiskey when I'm dry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die
I'll buy my own whiskey I'll make my own stew
If I get drunk madam it's nothing to you
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die
I'll drink my own whiskey I'll drink my own wine
Some ten thousand bottles I've killed in my time
I've no wife to quarrel no babies to bawl
The best way of living is no wife at all
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die
Way up on clinch mountain I wander alone
I'm as drunk as the devil oh let me alone
You may boast of your knowledge an' brag of your sense
'twill all be forgotten a hundred years hence
Rye whiskey rye whiskey you're no friend to me
You killed my poor daddy god d**n you try me
