I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years
I spend all of my money on whiskey and beer
I'll go down to some hollow and set up my still
I'll sell you a gallon for a ten dollar bill

I go to some bar room and drink with my friends
Where the women can't follow and see what I spend
God bless the pretty women, I wish one was mine
Cos her breath is as sweet as the dew on the vine

Let me eat when I'm hungry, let me drink when I'm dry
A dollar when I'm hard up, religion when I die
The whole world's a bottle and life's but a dram
When the bottle is Empty it sure ain't worth a damn

I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years
I've spent all of my money on whiskey and beer
I'll go down to some hollow and set up my still
And if the whiskey don't kill me then I don't know what will