The Moonshiner

The Moonshiner - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

I've been a moonshiner for many a year

I spent all me money on whiskey and beer

I'll go to some hollow and I set up me still

And I'll make you a gallon fer a ten shillin' bill

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long ways from home

And if you don't like me well leave me alone

I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry

And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

I'll go to some hollow in this count-er-ey

Ten gallons of wash I can go on a spree

No women to follow the world is all mine

And I love none so well as I love the moonshine

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long ways from home

And if you don't like me well leave me alone

I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry

And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

O Moonshine dear Moonshine oh how I love thee

Ya kill me ol' father but ar' ya try me

Oh bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine

Oh it's breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine

I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long ways from home

And if you don't like me well leave me alone

I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry

And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die