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 that pretty women, I wish she 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 gets empty it sure ain't worth a damn 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 And if whiskey don't k** me then I don't know what will