[1] I've been a moon [4] shiner for seventeen long [1] years
I've [5] spent all my [6m] money on whiskey and [5] beer
I'll go to some [1] hollow and set up my [5] still
And I'll [3m] sell you a [4] gallon for a [2m] ten dollar [5] bill

Then I'll go to the bar room where I 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
Beause 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 is empty it sure ain't worth a damn

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 the whiskey don't kill me I don't know what will