I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years
I spent all my money on whiskey and beer
I go to some hollow And set up my holy holy still
If drinking do not kill me Then I don't know what will
I go to some bar room And drink with my friends
Say if women and men would come to follow To see what I might spend
God bless them handsome men I wish they was mine
They're breath is as sweet as The dew on the holy holy vine
You're already in hell, you're already in hell
I wish we could go to hell
When the bottle gets empty Then life ain't worth a drowm