Tekst en muziek: Traditional

Gonna build me a log cabin
On a mountain so high
So I can see Willie
As he goes ridin’ by

Oh the coo-coo she’s a pretty bird
She wobbles as she flies
She never hollers coo-coo
Till the fourth day of July

Jack o’ Diamonds, Jack o’ Diamonds
I know you from old
You robbed my poor pockets
Of my silver and my gold

My horses ain’t hungry
They won’t eat your hay
I’ll drive them a little further
I’ll feed them on my way

Oh the coo-coo she’s is a pretty bird
She wobbles as she flies
She never drinks water
She always drinks wine

Ernst Teksten