I've been a moonshiner for many a year,
I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer,
I'll go to some hollow and set up my still,
I'll make you a gallon for the price of a gill.
Chorus
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm a long way from home,
If you don't like me,
Just leave me alone,
I eat when I'm hungry,
I 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 count-a-ry,
Ten gallons of wash - I can go on a spree,
No woman to follow, the World is all mine,
I love none so well as I love the moonshine.
Moonshine, oh moonshine, oh how I love thee,
You killed my poor father, but you daren't try me,
Bless all the moonshiners and bless the moonshine,
It's breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine.