Mountain Dew by The Stanley Brothers
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8p5pVsj9U
Written by Bascom Lamar Lunsford 1928; adapted by Scotty Stoneman 1935
Standard Tuning
Key: A


[Intro]
      
      
      
    

[Verse 1]
             
Down the road 

              
here from me t

              
here's an old 

       
holler tree
            
Where you lay 

              
down a dollar 

   
or two
             
Go on round th

              
e bend come ba

   
ck again
             
There's a jug 

             
full of that g

             
ood ole mounta

   
in dew


[Chorus]
             
Oh they call i

              
t that good ol

              
e mountain dew

             
 and them that

              
 refuse it are

 
 few
             
I'll hush up m

              
y mug if you'l

              
l fill up my j

              
ug with that g

            
ood ole mounta

   
in dew


[Instrumental]
      
      
      
    


[Verse 2]
             
Now Mr. Roosev

              
elt told 'em j

           
ust how he fel

t
            
When he heard 

              
that the dry l

           
aw 'd gone thr

ough
             
If your liquor

              
's too red it'

             
ll swell up yo

   
ur head
             
You better sti

            
ck to that goo

              
d ole mountain

 
 dew


[Chorus]
             
Oh they call i

              
t that good ol

              
e mountain dew

             
 and them that

              
 refuse it are

 
 few
             
I'll hush up m

              
y mug if you'l

              
l fill up my j

              
ug with that g

            
ood ole mounta

   
in dew


[Instrumental]
      
      
      
      


[Verse 3]
             
The preacher r

              
ode by with hi

            
s head hasted 


high
            
Said his wife 

         
had been down 

with the flu

He thought tha

t I o'rt to se

ll him a quart
             
of my good ole

        
 mountain dew


[Chorus]
             
Oh they call i

              
t that good ol

              
e mountain dew

             
 and them that

              
 refuse it are

 
 few
             
I'll hush up m

              
y mug if you'l

              
l fill up my j

              
ug with that g

            
ood ole mounta

   
in dew


[Instrumental]
      
      
      
      


[Verse 4]

Well my uncle 

Snort he's saw

ed off and sho

rt
            
He measures fo

   
ur feet two

But he feels l

ike a giant wh

en you give hi

m a pint
            
of that good o

           
ld mountain de

w


[Chorus]
             
Oh they call i

              
t that good ol

              
e mountain dew

             
 and them that

              
 refuse it are

 
 few
             
I'll hush up m

              
y mug if you'l

              
l fill up my j

              
ug with that g

            
ood ole mounta

   
in dew


[Instrumental]