I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years And I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer I go to some hollow, and I set up my still If whiskey don't kill me, then I don't know what will. I go to some bar room, just to drink with my friends Where the women cannot follow for to see what I spend God bless them pretty women, how I wish they was mine Their breath is as sweet as the dew on the vine. Let me eat when I'm hungry, give me drink when I'm dry Two dollars when I'm hard up, and religion when I die The whole world is a bottle, and life is but a dram When the bottle goes empty, it sure ain't worth a damn. The whole world is a bottle, and life is but a dram When the bottle goes empty, it sure ain't worth a damn.