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  
It?s a 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. 
  
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It?s a whiskey Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey I cry 
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If I don?t get Rye Whiskey well I think I will die.  (Oooh hick) 
 
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It?s a beefsteak when I'm hungry Rye Whiskey when I'm dry 
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Greenbacks when I'm hard up Heaven when I die 
I?ll a goatee and a holler and a build me a still 
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I?ll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill. 
 
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Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey I cry 
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If a tree don?t fall on me I?ll live till I die. 
  
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(Ooooh hick)  
  
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If the ocean was whiskey,(hick) and I was a duck 
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I'd dive to the bottom and never come up.  
Now the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't a duck 
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I?ll play Jack O? Diamond and trust to my luck. 
  
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Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey I cry 
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If the whiskey don?t kill me I?ll live till I die.