I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years I've spent all my money on whiskey and beers I go to some holler and put up my still I'll make you one gallon for a two dollar bill I go to some grocery and drink with my friends No women to follow to see what I spend God bless those women, I wish they were mine Their breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine I'll eat when I'm hungry and drink when I'm dry If moonshine don't kill me, I'll live till I die God bless those moonshiners, I wish they were mine Their breath smells as sweet as the good old moonshine I might go to heaven, I might go to hell Till I meet my maker, don't know where I'll dwell If he likes jug whiskey, I'll live in the sky High up on the mountain with some sweet moonshine.