O Mollie O mollie it's for your sake alone
that I leave my old parents, my house and my home
My love for you it has caused me to roam
I'm a rabble rouser and Dixie's my home
Jack o' Diamonds Jack o' Diamonds and I know you of old
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
It's a whiskey you villain you've been my downfall
You've kicked me you've cuffed me but I love 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 (oooh hick)
It's a beefsteak when I'm hungry Rye Whiskey when I'm dry
Greenbacks when I'm hard up Heaven when I die
I'll a goatee and a holler and a 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
(Ooooh hick)
If the ocean was whiskey,(hick) 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'll play Jack O' Diamond and trust to my luck
Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey I cry
If the whiskey don't kill me I'll live till I die