[Verse 1]
I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
And I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I go to some hollow
And sit at my still
And if whiskey don't kill me
I don't know what will

[Verse 2]
I go to some bar room
And drink with my friends
Where the women can't follow
And see what I spend
God bless them pretty women
I wish they was mine
Their breath is as sweet
As the dew on the vine

[Verse 3]
Let me eat when I'm hungry
Let me drink up when I'm dry
You give me a dollar
When I am hard up
Religion when I die
The whole world is a bottle
And life's but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
It won't be worth a damn