I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years And I spent all my money On whiskey and beer And I go to some hollow And set up my still If whiskey don't kill me Lord, I don't know what will ♪ And I go to some bar room To drink with my friends Where the women they can't follow To see what I spend God bless them pretty women I wish there was mine With breath as sweet as The dew on the vine ♪ Let me eat when I'm hungry Let me drink when I'm dry Two dollars when I'm hard up Religion when I die The whole world is a bottle And life is but a dram When the bottle gets empty Lord, it sure ain't worth a damn