from Bill Staines (1971)
I’ve been a moonshiner for many long years
I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer
I’ll eat when I’m hungry Lord I’ll drink when I’m dry
And the tree for lonely, then I’ll live til I die
I’ll go to some hollow and I’ll drink with my friends
No woman to follow gonna ask what I spend
God bless them pretty women, Lord I wish they was mine
Their breath is more sweeter than the lovely moonshine
It’s meat when I’m hungry and moonshine when I’m dry
Green backs when I’m hard up and religion when I die
The whole world is a bottle and life’s but a dram
When the bottle is empty Lord ain’t worth a damn
I’ve been a moonshiner for many long years
I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer
I’ll eat when I’m hungry Lord I’ll drink when I’m dry
And the moonshine don’t kill me, then I’ll live til I die
(traditional)
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