Rye Whiskey

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Jack O' Diamonds Jack O' Diamonds and I know you of old
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You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold

Whiskey you villain you've been my downfall
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You've kicked me you've cuffed me but I love you for all


It's a whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cry
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If I don't get rye whiskey well I think I will die

[ooooh ahhhhh ooooh]
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[drunken yell] [hiccuping]
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[drunken yell]


It's a beefsteak when I'm hungry rye whiskey when I'm dry
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A greenback when I'm hard up it's a heaven when I die

I'll go to yonder holler and I'll build me a still
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Give you a gallon for a five dollar bill


It's a whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cry
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If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die

[ooooh ahhhhh ooooh]
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[drunken yell] [hiccuping]
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[drunken yell]


[slower tempo and less strumming]

If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck
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I'd dive to the bottom and never come up

[back to normal tempo]

But the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't a duck
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I'll play Jack O' Diamonds just to much ha ha ha


Whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cry
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Whiskey don't kill me I'll live till I die

[ooooh ahhhhh ooooh]
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[drunken yell] [hiccuping]
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[drunken yell]