I've been a moonshiner for many a year
I spent all me money on whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow and I set up me still
And i'll make you a gallon fer a ten shillin bill
I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live till I die
I'll go to some hollow in this count-er-ey
Ten gallons of wash i can go on a spree
No women to follow the world is all mine
And I love none so well as I love the moonshine
I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live till I die
O Moonshine dear Moonshine oh how I love thee
Ya k** me ol' father but ar' ya try me
Oh bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine
Oh it's breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine
I'm a rambler I'm a gambler
I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live till I die