Oh, Maui, dear Maui,
it is for your sake alone
That I'd leave my old parents,
my house and my home
That I'd leave my old parents,
you caused me to roam
I'm a poor rebel soldier
and Dixie's my home
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds,
I know you hold
You've robbed my poor pockets
of silver and gold
Oh, whiskey, villain,
you've been my downfall,
You've kicked me, you've cut me,
but I love you for all.
Her parents don't like me,
they say I'm too poor,
They say I'm unworthy
to enter her door.
They say I drink whiskey,
but my money's my own,
And them that don't like me
can leave me alone.
Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds,
I know you hold,
You've robbed my poor pockets
of silver and gold.
Oh, whiskey overload,
you've been my downfall,
You've kicked me, you've cut me,
but I love you for old.
I'll build me a castle on
yon mountain high
Where my true love can see me
when she comes ridin' by
Where my true love can see me
and help me to mourn
I'm a poor rebel soldier
and Dixie's my home
Jack o' diamonds, Jack o' diamonds,
I know you're of old
You've robbed my poor pockets
of silver and gold
Oh, Whiskey, you've my downfall
You've kicked me, you've cuffed me,
but I love you for all