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{{Other uses|Jack of Diamonds (disambiguation)}}
'''Jack of Diamonds''' (a.k.a. '''Jack o' Diamonds''' and '''Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play)''') is a traditional [[folk music|folk]] [[song]]. It is a Texas [[Sporting song|gambling song]] that was popularized by [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lomax|first=Alan|editor=John Avery Lomax
The song is related to "Drunkard's Hiccoughs",<ref>{{cite book|last1=Beisswenger|first1=Drew|last2=McCann|first2=Gordon|title=Ozarks Fiddle Music|url=
==Covers==
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* [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]] (1926)
* [[Tex Ritter]]
* [[Skip James]]
* [[John Lee Hooker]] (on the album ''Jack o' Diamonds: 1949 Recordings'', released 2004)
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* [[Odetta]] (on ''[[Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues]]'', [[1956 in music|1956]])
* [[Lonnie Donegan]] released it as a single in 1957 (available on ''Rock Island Line: The Singles Anthology 1955-1967'', released 1985)
* [[
* [[Mance Lipscomb]]
* [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]] (on multiple LPs)
* [[The Fendermen]] 1960 on the album [[Mule Skinner Blues]]
* [[Eric Von Schmidt]] on "The Folk Blues Of Eric Von Schmidt" released in 1963.
* [[The Byrds]] on the compilation album [[Preflyte]]
* [[The Daily Flash]], a 1960s [[Seattle]]-based [[folk rock]] group, released their version as a single in June 1966 (available on a 1998 [[Compilation album|compilation]] [[box set|box]] ''[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968]]'', [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]]).
* [[Fairport Convention]] recorded a version on [[Fairport Convention (album)|their debut album]]. Credited to [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Ben Carruthers]], it featured lyrics based on the original.
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* [[Dave Matthews]]
* [[Tommy Jarrell]]
* [[Corey Harris]] (on the album [[Fish Ain't Bitin']], released in 1997)
*[[Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds]] (on the [[album]] ''[[B-Sides & Rarities (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album)|B-Sides & Rarities]]'', released 22 March 2005.)
*[[P.W. Long]] (on the album ''We Didn't See You On Sunday'', released 1997.)
*[[Alexander Hacke]] & [[Danielle de Picciotto]] (on the 2008 album ''Ship Of Fools'')
* [[The Ramblin' Riversiders]]
*[[Scott H. Biram]] (on the album ''Nothin' But Blood'', released 2014)
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*[[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]
==See also==
*[[The Cuckoo (song)]], often titled "Coo Coo" or "Coo Coo Bird", was recorded by [[Clarence Ashley]] in 1929 and contains a similar reference to the Jack of Diamonds. A cover version was recorded by [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] as "Coo Coo."
==References==
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[[Category:American folk songs]]
[[Category:1926 singles]]
[[Category:Tex Ritter songs]]
[[Category:Ruth Brown songs]]
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