I've been a moonshiner
for seventeen long years
I spend all of my money
on whisky and beer
I'll go to some hollow
and set up my still
I'll sell you a gallon
for a ten dollar bill
then I go to bar room
and drink with my friends
Where the women can't follow
and see what I spend
God bless that pretty women
I wish she was mine
Cause her breath is as sweet
as the dew on the vine
gave me food when I'm hungry
gave me drink when I'm dry
A dollar when I'm hard up
religion when I die
if this the whole world's a bottle
and life's but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
it sure ain't worth a damn
I've been a moonshiner
for seventeen long years
I spend all of my money
on whisky and beer
I'll go to some hollow
and set up my still
And if whisky don't kill me
then I don't know what will