Diamond Joe-Ramblin' Jack Elliott

[ti:Diamond Joe] [ar:Ramblin' Jack Elliott] [al:Vanguard Visionaries] [offset:0] [00:00.50]Diamond Joe - Ramblin' Jack Elliott [00:11.61]Now there's a man you'll hear about [00:14.35] [00:17.10]Most anywhere you go [00:19.84]And his holdings are in Texas [00:22.22] [00:25.96]And his name is Diamond Joe [00:28.21] [00:29.64]And he carries all his money [00:32.07] [00:34.95]In a diamond-studded jar [00:36.88] [00:41.57]He never took much trouble [00:44.32] [00:45.57]By the process of the law [00:48.19] [00:53.12]I hired out to Diamond Joe boys [00:56.12] [00:57.31]I did offer him my hand [00:59.99]He gave me a string of horses [01:03.47] [01:04.36]So old they could not stand [01:06.93] [01:08.15]I nearly starved to death boys [01:10.83] [01:13.33]He did mistreat me so [01:15.39] [01:19.81]And I never saved a dollar [01:22.74] [01:23.68]In the pay of Diamond Joe [01:25.75] [01:38.91]Now his bread it was corn dodger [01:41.66]And his meat you couldn't chaw [01:43.34] [01:44.28]Nearly drove me crazy [01:47.52]With the waggin' of his jaw [01:49.58] [01:50.08]And the tellin' of his story [01:52.76] [01:54.69]Mean to let you know [01:56.63] [02:01.00]That there never was a rounder [02:03.62] [02:05.93]That could lie like Diamond Joe [02:08.11] [02:13.24]Now I tried three times to quit him [02:15.82] [02:17.45]But he did argue so [02:19.18] [02:19.69]I'm still punchin cattle [02:21.32] [02:24.36]In the pay of Diamond Joe [02:26.18] [02:28.43]And when I'm called up yonder [02:30.73] [02:32.17]And it's my time to go [02:34.60] [02:38.28]Give my blankets to my buddies [02:40.84] [02:46.46]Give the fleas to Diamond Joe