Audience interaction Beefsteak when I'm hungry, It's whiskey when I'm dry, And greenback when I'm hard up boys, Sweet heaven when I die. When I was down in that old jailhouse, My friends all was passin' by, Would nobody come down to go my bail And I couldn't help but wonder why. Ahh it's beefsteak when I'm hungry, Give me whiskey when I'm dry ... good'ol corn, And greenback when I'm hard up, Sweet heaven when I die. Now daddy was a rambler, He gambled from town to town, I'm going to be a rounder boys Ain't never gonna settle down. Love me when I'm sad and blue, Honey cheer me when I cry. All I need is a pretty little girl, To love me till I die. Beefsteak when I'm hungry, Whiskey when I'm dry, Lord it's greenback when I'm hard up, Sweet heaven when I die.