(Drunkard's Hiccups)
I've played cards in England, I've gambled in Spain
Goin back to Carolina (Rhode Island), gonna play my last game
Chorus:
Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds, I've known you from old
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
Gonna eat when I'm hungry, gonna drink when I'm dry
Get to feelin much better, gonna sprout wings and fly
Gonna take down my fiddle, gonna rosin up the bow
Gonna make myself welcome, wherever I go
Gonna drink, gonna gamble, all my money is my own
Them that don't like me, can leave me alone
Gonna beat on the counter, gonna make the glass ring
More brandy, more brandy, more brandy to bring
If the river was whiskey, and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom, and never come up
But the river ain't whiskey, and I ain't no duck
I'll play these drunkard's hiccups, and trust to my luck
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Verse:
| I | I | I | I |
| I | I | V | I |
Chorus:
| I | IV | I | I |
| I | IV | V | I |
Extra verses:
My shoes are all tore up, my toes are stickin' out
Gonna get some corn whiskey, I'm going up the spout.
I get up in the morning, I stagger and reel.
Goddamn you corn whiskey, How badly I feel.
It's a whiskey you villain you've been my downfall
You've kicked me you've cuffed me but I loves you for all
It's a whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey well I think I will die
Beefsteak when I'm hungry red liquor when I'm dry
Greenbacks when I'm hard up and religion when I die
I'll a go to yonder holler and I'll build me a still
I'll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die