I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years I spent all my money on whisky and beer I go to some hollow And set up my holy holy still If drinking do not kill me Then I don't know what will I go to some bar room And drink with my friends If women and men would come to follow To see what I might spend God bless them handsome men I wish they was mine They're breath is as sweet as The dew on the holy holy vine You're already in hell, you're already in hell I wish we could go to hell When the bottle gets empty Then life ain't worth the drown