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
Oh I said whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cried
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will 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
Ah I said whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cried
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die
I said whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cried
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die
Oh if I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die