I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years I've spent all my money On whiskey and beer I go to some hollow And sit at my still And if whiskey dont kill me Then I dont know what will I go to some bar room And drink with my friends Where the women cant follow And see what I spend God bless them pretty women I wish they was mine Their breath is as sweet The dew on the vine Let me eat when I am hungry Let me drink when I am dry A dollar when I am 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 aint worth a damn