Rye whiskey, Rye whiskey, 
Rye whiskey, I cry
if you don't give me Rye whiskey
I surely will 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 no duck
So line 'em up boys and let's get drunk

I'm going to the mountain so I may roam
Do what you will just leave me alone
I'm drunk as the devil I'm stoned and blind
cuz I got trouble on the mind 

I been drinking since you went away
Just a singing the blues and digging my grave
when that whole gets six feet deep
I'll put down my banjo and go to sleep

I eat when I'm hungry I drink when I'm dry
If the blues don't kill me I will live till i die.