Jack of Diamonds

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler

I'm a long way from home

And if you don't like it

You better leave me alone

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey

Rye whiskey, I cried

If I can't get rye whiskey

I surely will die

Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds

I know you from old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold

Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds

I know you from old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold

If the ocean were whiskey

And I was a duck

I'd dive to the bottom

And I'd drink my way up

But the ocean ain't whiskey

And I ain't a duck

So I'll play Jack-a-Diamonds

And I'll trust in my luck

Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds

I know you from old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold

Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds

I know you from old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold

Cornbread when I'm hungry

Rye whiskey when I'm dry

Hard times don't kill me

I'll live 'til I die

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey

Rye whiskey, I cried

If I can't get rye whiskey

I surely will die

Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds

I know you from old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold

Jack-a-Diamonds, Jack-a-Diamonds

I know you from old

You robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold