Moonshiner

I've been a moonshiner

For 17 long years

I've spent all my money

On whiskey and beer

I go to some bar room

And set up my still

If whiskey don't kill me

I don't know what will

I go to some hollow

And drink with my friends

Where the moon won't follow

And see what I spend

God bless those pretty women

I wish they was mine

Their breath is as sweet as

Dew on the vine

Let me eat when I'm hungry

Whiskey when I'm dry

Greenbacks when I'm hard-up

Religion when I die

The whole world is a bottle

And life is a dram

When that bottle gets empty

Well it ain't worth a damn

I've been a moonshiner

For 17 long years

I've spent all my money

On whiskey and beer

I go to some bar room

And set up my still

If whiskey don't kill me

I don't know what will