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      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'll play Jack of Diamonds and trust on my luck      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"      Ohh, if I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die