Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)

I've played cards in England

I've gambled in Spain

Goin back to Carolina

Gonna play my last game

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

Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds

I've known you from old

You've robbed my poor pockets

Of silver and gold



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