It seems like a few verses I've heard in the song are floating verses--the "beefsteak when I'm hungry" line, for instance.

Ramblin' Jack's version, as best as I can remember:

Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I know you of old
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
And whiskey, rye whiskey, you've been my downfall
You've kicked me and you've cussed me but I love you for all

It's beefsteak when I'm hungry, rye whiskey when I'm dry
A greenback when I'm hard up, go to hell when I die
I'll go to yonder holler and build me a still
I'll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill 'cause it's

Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die

(I think there's some yodeling/screeching here, plus some hiccups)

If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom and never come up.
(sing this sadly:) But the ocean ain't whiskey, and I ain't a duck
I'll just play jack o' diamonds and trust in my luck 'cause it's

Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die

Her parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor
'Twere them who said not to knock at her door
If her parents don't like me, my money's my own
Them that don't like me can leave me alone 'cause it's

Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die

(and he closes it with more yodeling and this weird reverse-forced-air shriek that's amazingly hard to do)