I've been a mo

            
onshiner for s

              
eventeen long 


years 
            
And I've spent

             
 all my money 

             
on whiskey and


 beer 
            
I go to some h

             
ollow, and I s

         
et up my still

 
            
If whiskey don

            
't kill me, th

              
en I don't kno


w what will. 


            
I go to some b

            
ar room, just 

              
to drink with 


my friends 
            
Where the wome

            
n cannot follo

              
w for to see w


hat I spend 
            
God bless them

             
 pretty women,

         
 how I wish th

ey was mine 
            
Their breath i

            
s as sweet as 

              
the dew on the


 vine. 


            
Let me eat whe

            
n I'm hungry, 

              
give me drink 


when I'm dry 
            
Two dollars wh

            
en I'm hard up

              
, and religion


 when I die 
            
The whole worl

             
d is a bottle,

         
 and life is b

ut a dram 
            
When the bottl

            
e goes empty, 

              
it sure ain't 


worth a damn. 


            
The whole worl

             
d is a bottle,

         
 and life is b

ut a dram 
            
When the bottl

            
e goes empty, 

              
it sure ain't 


worth a damn.