jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds
i've known you to hold
to rob my poor pocket
of silver and gold
whiskey like rye
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
and never come up
now the ocean ain't whiskey
and i ain't a duck
i play jack a diamonds
and trust to luck

whiskey-eye
whiskey like rye
if whiskey don't kill me
i'll live till i die