Diamond Joe

[Verse] Now there's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe And he carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar He never took much trouble With the process of the law I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys Did offer him my hand He gave me a string of horses So old they could not stand And I nearly starved to death, boys He did mistreat me so And I never saved a dollar In the pay of Diamond Joe Now his bread it was corn dodger And his meat you couldn't caw Nearly drove me crazy With the wagging of his jaw And the telling of his story Mean to let you know That there never was a rounder That could lie like Diamond Joe Now, I tried three times to quit him But he did argue so I'm still punching cattle In the pay of Diamond Joe And when I'm called up yonder And it's my time to go Give my blankets to my buddies Give the fleas to Diamond Joe