The Moonshiner

I've been a moonshiner for manys the year
I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow and set up my still
And I'll make you a gallon for a two dollar bill

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me
Well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me
I'll live till I die

I'll go to some hollow in this country
Ten gallons of wash I can go on a spree
No woman to follow and the world is all mine
I love none so well as I love the moonshine

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me
Well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me
I'll live till I die

Moonshine dear moonshine oh how I love thee
You killed my poor father but dare you try me
Bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine
It's breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me
Well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me
I'll live till I die

I love moonshine for Liza and moonshine for May
Moonshine for Lou and she'd sing all the day
Moonshine for my breakfast moonshine for my tea
Moonshine my hearties it's moonshine for me

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me
Well leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me
I'll live till I die