Clark Jones Rye Whiskey lyrics

'Way up on Clinch Mountain, I wandered alone
I'm drunk as the devil and a long ways from home
I'll eat when I'm hungry and drink when I'm dry
If a tree don't' fall on me, I'll live 'til I die

Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I knowed you of old
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
Rye whiskey, oh, rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I cry
If you don't give me rye whiskey, I surely will die

If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck

I'd dive to the bottom and drink my way up
But the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't a duck
So we'll round up the cattle and then we'll get drunk

Your parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor
They say I'm not worthy to enter your door
My foot's in the stirrup, my bridle's in my hand
Farewell, my sweet Lulu, I'm a-leavin' this land