Cat. #1517 (MFH #330) - As sung by Donnie Koonce, Springfield, Missouri on March 13, 1975
VERSE 1
Jack O'Diamonds, Jack O'Diamonds
I know you of old
You robbed my poor pockets
Of silver an' gold
VERSE 2
It's whiskey you villian
You've been my downfall
Ya beat me an' ya bang me
But love ya for all
VERSE 3
I'll go to yonder holler
I'll build me a still
I'll sell you a gallon
Fer a five dollar bill
VERSE 4
It's whiskey, rye whiskey
Whiskey, I cried
If a tree don't fall on me
I'll live till I die
VERSE 5
Well, it's beefsteak wen I'm hungry
Rye whiskey when I'm dry
Greenbacks, when I'm hardup
Heaven when I die
VERSE 6
An' it's whiskey, rye whiskey
Whiskey I cry
If whiskey don't kill me
I live till I die
VERSE 7
If th ocean was whiskey
An' I was a duck
I'd dive to th bottom
An' never come up
VERSE 8
But th ocean ain't whiskey
N' I ain't a duck
I'll paly Jack O'Diamond
An' trust to my luck
VERSE 9
Well, it's whiskey, rye whiskey
Whiskey I cried
If whiskey don't kill me
I'll live till I die