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, I know you of old
You rob my poor pockets of silver and gold
O Whiskey, you villain, you've been my downfall
You've kicked me, you've cuffed me and cause me to brawl

My foot's in a stirrup, my bridle's in my hand
I'm leaving sweet Mollie, the fairest in the land
Her parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor
They say I'm unworthy to enter hеr door

They say I drink whiskey, my money's my own
And thеm that don't like me can leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
And when I get thirsty, I'll lay down and cry

It's beefsteak when I'm hungry, and whiskey when I'm dry
Green backs when I'm hard up and hell when I die
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die

O baby, O baby, I've told you before
Do make me a pallet, I'll lie on the floor
I've rambled and trambled this wide world around
Raising hell with the gang, that's where I am bound
It's with these gunslingers, dear Mollie, I'll roam
I'm a rabble rouser and Dixie's my home
If the ocean were whiskey, and I were a duck (quack quack)
I'd dive to the bottom and get one sweet sup

But the ocean ain't whiskey, and I ain't no duck
So I'll play Jack o' diamonds and then we'll get drunk
O baby, O baby, I've told you before
Do make me a pallet, I'll lie on the floor