Archie Noble - Moonshiner Lyrics

I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I go to some hollow
And sit at my still
And if whiskey don't kill me
I don't know what will

I go to some barroom
And drink with my friends
Where my love won't follow
And see what I spend
I love that woman
I wish she was mine
Her breath is as sweet as
The dew on the vine

Let me eat when I'm hungry
Let me drink when I'm dry
Some money when I'm hard up
Religion when I die
Life's but a bottle
And it's but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
It sure ain't worth a damn