I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home And if you don't like me then leave me alone I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live 'till I die I've been a moonshiner for manys a year Spent all me money on whiskey and beer I'll go to some hollow and set up my still And I'll make you a gallon for a ten shillin' bill I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home And if you don't like me then leave me alone I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live 'till I die I'll go to some hollow in this countery Ten gallons of wash I will go on a spree No women to follow, the world is all mine I can love none so well as I love my moonshine I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home And if you don't like me then leave me alone I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live 'till I die It's moonshine for Molly and moonshine for Mei Moonshine for me love, she'll sing all the day It's moonshine for breakfast and moonshine for tea It's moonshine, me hearties, it's moonshine for me I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home And if you don't like me then leave me alone I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live 'till I die Well, moonshine, dear moonshine, O how I live thee You k**ed me old father but ah you try me Well bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine Their breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home And if you don't like me then leave me alone I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry And if moonshine don't k** me I'll live 'till I die