I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when l'm dry,
If the hard times don't kill me,
I'll lay down and die.
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Rye whisky, rye whisky,
Rye whisky, l cry,
If you don't give me rye whisky,
I surely will die.
I'll tune up my fiddle,
And I 'll rosin my bow,
I'll make myself welcome,
Wherever I go.
Chorus
Beefsteak when l'm hungry,
Red liquor when l'm dry,
Greenbacks when I'm hard up,
And religion when I die.
Chorus
They say l drink whisky,
My money's my own;
All them that don't like me,
Can leave me alone.
Chorus
Sometimes l drink whisky,
Sometimes l drink rum,
Sometimes l drink brandy,
At other times none.
Chorus
But if I get boozy,
My whisky's my own,
And them that don't like me,
Can leave me alone.
Chorus
Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds,
I know you of old,
You've robbed my poor pockets
Of silver and gold.
Chorus
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Oh, whisky, you villain,
You've been my downfall,
You've kicked me, you've cuffed me,
But I love you for all.
Chorus
If the ocean was whisky,
And I was a duck,
I'd dive to the bottom
To get one sweet suck.
Chorus
But the ocean ain't whisky
And l ain't a duck,
So we'll round up the cattle
And then we'll get drunk.
Chorus
My foot's in my stirrup,
My bridle's in my hand,
l'm leaving sweet Lillie,
The fairest in the land.
Chorus
Her parents don't like me,
They say l'm too poor;
They say I'm unworthy
To enter her door.
Chorus
Sweet milk when l'm hungry,
Rye whisky when l'm dry,
If a tree don't fall on me,
I'll live till I die.
Chorus
I'll buy my own whisky,
I'll make my own stew,
If I get drunk, madam,
It's nothing to you.
Chorus
I'll drink my own whisky,
I'll drink my own wine,
Some ten thousand bottles
I've killed in my time.
Chorus
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