I've been a moonshiner for 17 long years I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer I'll go to some hollow and set up my still And I'll sell you a gallon for a ten dollar bill ♪ Then I go to some barroom and drink with my friends Where the women can't follow and see what I spend God bless them pretty women, I wish one was mine Because her breath is as sweet as the dew on the vine ♪ Give me food when I'm hungry, give me drink when I'm dry A dollar when I'm hard up, religion when I die Only then if this whole world's a bottle then life's but a dram When the bottle gets empty it sure ain't worth a damn ♪ I've been a moonshiner for 17 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 the whiskey don't kill me, I don't know what will