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Jack o’ Diamonds

JACK O’ DIAMONDS: A Cowboy Tune

April 8, 2017August 7, 2020 / Gifford MacShane / Leave a comment

A popular ditty with cowboys, this old tune has borrowed from both Irish and American traditions. If some of it sounds familiar, the line “Her parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor” was borrowed by Peter, Paul & Mary for “Pretty Mary”; the lines “I'll eats when I'm hungry” and “them that don't … Continue reading JACK O’ DIAMONDS: A Cowboy Tune

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