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Rye Whiskey

from Mark's Yard by Secret Emchy Society

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about

I’ve been wanting to cover this song for years. It’s a frequent go to at my local hootenanny and in the ‘warm up’ / ‘cool down’ jam sessions for the bands. But when Mya Byrne joined practice for the yard sessions and we just organically and slightly accidentally ended up singing it - I knew it had to be on the record. <3

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Jack O'Diamonds aka Rye Whiskey

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 loves you for all

It's a whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey well I surely will die


Beefsteak when I'm hungry corn whiskey when I'm dry
Greenbacks when I'm hard up and heaven when I die
I’ll a go to yonder holler and I’ll 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

If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom and never come up
But the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't a no duck
I’ll play Jack O’ Diamonds 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

Well i make my own whiskey and I make my own wine
10,000 bottles i’ve killed in my time
Got no wife to quarrel no babies to bawl
Best way of living is no wife at all

Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If the whiskey don't kill me I'll live till I die

It's a whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey well I surely will die

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from Mark's Yard, released November 14, 2018

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Secret Emchy Society Oakland, California

"One could describe Emch as if Nick Cave had grown up in Bakersfield with a dynamic swagger that could part the Red Sea." - NoDepression

The Secret Emchy Society plays foot stompin' heart breakin' California country tunes for gay cowboys, queer witches, and all kinds of cowfolks.
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