There is a man youll hear about Most any place you go And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe He carries all his money In a diamondstudded jar An he never was much bothered By the process of the law I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys I did offer him my hand And he gave a string of horses So old they couldnt stand I like to starve to death, boys He did mistreat me so I never saved a dollar In the pay of Diamond Joe Now, his bread it was corn dodger And his meat I couldnt chaw And he kept me well distracted With the waggin of his jaw And the tellin of his story I aim to let you know There never was a rounder Who lied like Diamond Joe Now, I tried three times to quit him, boys But he did argue so And Im still punchin cattle In the pay of Diamond Joe But when Im called up ayonder And come my time to go Give my blankets to my buddies Give the fleas to Diamond Joe
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