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Bill McGraw: Music

Moonshiner (Trad irish-from the CD Off the Wagon)

(Bill McGraw)
December 22, 2004
Old trad irish song
Verse 1: I've been a moonshiner for many a year
I spent all my money on whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow and set up my stiIl
I'll make you a gallon for a two-dollar bill


Chorus:I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
If you don't like me, just leave me alone
I eat when I'm hungry, I drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

Verse 2: I'll go to some hollow in this count-ar-y
Ten gallons of wash - I can go on a spree
No woman to follow, the world is all mine
I love none so well as I love the moonshine

Chorus:

Verse 3:Moonshine, dear moonshine, oh, how I love thee
You killed my poor father, but dare you try me
Bless all the moonshiners and bless the moonshine
Its breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine