Jack of Diamonds (song)

Jack of Diamonds (a.k.a. Jack o' Diamonds and Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play)) is a traditional folk song.

Versions

Among others, it has been performed by

*Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (on the album B-Sides & Rarities, released March 22, 2005.)
*P.W. Long (on the album We Didn't See You On Sunday, released 1997.)
*Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)
*John Lee Hooker (on the album , released 2004)
*Odetta (on Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, 1956)
*Lonnie Donegan released it as a single in 1957 (available on , released 1985 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fq8zefqkhgfn] )
*Mance Lipscomb (the Texas Songster)
*Ruth Brown released a version as a single in 1959.
*Fairport Convention recorded a version on their debut album written by Bob Dylan and Ben Carruthers, and featured lyrics [http://www.lyricsdrive.com/lyrics/fairport-convention/284338/jack-o-diamonds/] based on the original.
* The Daily Flash, an obscure Seattle-based folk-rock group from the Sixties, released their version on an SP in June 1966 (available on a compilation box "", Rhino Records 1998).
* Tarbox Ramblers uses it to open their first album.
* John Jacob Niles
* Sonic Syndicate