I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home And if you don't like me, Well, leave me alone I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry And if moonshine don't kill me, I'll live til I die
I've been a moonshiner for many a year I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer I'll go to some hollow, I'll set up my still And I'll make you a gallon for a ten shilling bill
I'll go to some hollow in this count-er-y Ten gallons of wash I can go on a spree No women to follow, the world is all mine I love none so well as I love the moonshine
Oh, moonshine, dear moonshine, oh, how I love thee You killed me old father, but ah you try me Now bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine Their breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine