Bob Forrest - Moonshiner lyrics

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I've been a moonshiner<br />

For seventeen long years<br />

And I've spent all my money<br />

On whiskey and beer<br />

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I’d go to some hollow<br />

And sit on my step<br />

And if the whiskey don’t kill me<br />

Well, then I don’t know what will<br />

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I go to some bar room<br />

And drink there with my friends<br />

Where the women can’t follow<br />

And see what it is I spend<br />

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God bless ‘em pretty women<br />

Oh, I wish they was mine<br />

Their breath is as sweet as<br />

The dew on the vine<br />

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Let me eat when I am hungry<br />

Let me drink up when I’m dry<br />

Give me a dollar when I’m hard up<br />

Some religion when I die<br />

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The whole world is a bottle<br />

Yeah, life been but a dram<br />

When the bottle gets empty<br />

Well, it sure ain’t worth a damn