I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years I've spent all my money On whiskey and beer I'll go to some hollow And set up my still And if whiskey don't kill Then I don't know what will I'll 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 were mine Their breath is as sweet as The dew on the vine Let me eat when I'm hungry Let me drink when I'm dry Dollars when I'm hard up Religion when I die The whole world's a bottle And life's but a dram When a bottle gets empty It sure ain't worth a damm