I seems like the Rye Whiskey/Jack O' Diamonds are old songs. Yet the Traditional Ballad Index EARLIEST DATE is 1910.

Is this short version by Perrow from 1905 the earliest version?

43. HOW ARE YOU OFF FOR GREENBACK?

D. From Missouri; cowboys; MS. of Frederick Braun; 1905.)

Oh, it's beefsteak when I'm hungry,
And it's whiskey when I'm dry;
If a tree don't fall on me,
I'll live till I die.


Are some the the related versions older? Talley's version below seem to pre-date the Civil War:

I'll Eat When I'm Hungry

I'll eat when I'se hongry,
An' I'll drink when I'se dry;
An' if de whitefolks don't kill me,
I'll live till I die.

In my liddle log cabin,
Ever since I'se been born;
Dere hain't been no nothin'
'Cept dat hard salt parch corn.

But I knows whar's a henhouse,
An' de tucky he charce;
An' if ole Mosser don't kill me,
I cain't never starve.