Diamond Joe

Now there's a man you'll hear about
 Most every place you go
 His holdings are in Texas
 And his name is Diamond Joe
 He carried all his money
 In a diamond-studded jar
 And he never was much bothered
 By the process of the law
 Well, I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys
 I did offer him my hand
 Then he gave a string of horses
 So old they could not stand
 Oh, I like to starve to death, boys
 He did mistreat me so
 And I never saved a dollar in the pay of Diamond Joe
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 Now his bread, it was corn dodger
 And his meat I could not chaw
 And he like to drove me crazy
 With the waggin' of his jaw
 Oh, the tellin' of his stories
 I mean to let you know
 That there never was a rounder
 That could lie like Diamond Joe
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 Now, I tried three times to quit him, boys
 But he did argue so
 When I'm still punchin' cattle in the pay of Diamond Joe
 And when I'm called up yonder
 And it comes my time to go
 I'd give my blankets to my buddies
 And my fleas to Diamond Joe