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