Yeah, I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me, leave me alone
I'll drink when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
If the moonshine don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die
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I have been a moonshiner now for many a year
And I don't give a damn about your whiskey, wine or beer
I'll go to some hollow and there I'll set up my still
Well, I'll make you some lightning for a two-dollar bill
'Cause I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me, leave me alone
I'll drink when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
If the moonshine don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die
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Yeah, moonshine, you're welcome, well, how I love thee
Well, you killed my ol' father but I tell you "Try me"
Now there's no woman to haunt me, and the world is all mine
You see, I love none as much as I love my moonshine
'Cause I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me, leave me alone (leave me alone!)
I'll drink when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
If the moonshine don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die
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Wah
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Oh, the preacher was a nightmare, Christ with one arm
Will I come a long twill, will I pick an alarm?
I hear the women of the night, you see, they're all free from me
Because moonshine is funny, when it's my currency
'Cause I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me, leave me alone (leave me alone!)
I'll drink when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
If the moonshine don't kill me, if the moonshine don't kill me
If the moonshine don't kill me, I will live 'til I die, ah!