I´ve been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I´ve spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I go to some hollow
And sit at my still
And if whiskey don´t kill me
Then I don´t know what will

[Harmonica Solo]

I go to some bar room
And drink with my friends
Where the women can´t follow
And see what I spend
God bless them pretty women
I wish they was mine
Their breath is as sweet
The dew on the vine

[Harmonica Solo]

Let me eat when I am hungry
Let me drink when I am dry
A dollar when I am hard up
Religion when I die
The whole world´s a bottle
And life´s but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
It sure ain´t worth a damn