The Moonshiner
Intro 1 2 3 D 2 3 D 2 3 D 2 3 G 2 3
I've been a moonshiner for many's a year and I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow and I'll set up my still and I'll make you a gallon for a ten shilling bill
Chorus
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me you can leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

I'll go to some hollow in this country
Ten gallons of wash and I'll go on a spree
No woman to follow and the world is all mine
I love none so well as I love the moonshine
Chorus
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me you can leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

Moonshine dear moonshine oh how I love thee
You killed my poor father but dare you kill me
Bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine
For their breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine
Chorus twice
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me you can leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me you can leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

I've been a wild rover for many's a year
And I spent all my money on whiskey and beer
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more

And it's no nay never, no nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover, no never no more

I went into an alehouse I used to frequent
And I told the landlady my money was spent
I asked her for credit, she answered me "Nay
Such a custom as yours I can have any day".

And it's no nay never, no nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover, no never no more

I took out from my pocket ten sovereigns bright
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
She said "I've got whiskeys and wines of the best
And the words that I spoke they were only in jest".

And it's no nay never, no nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover, no never no more

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
And if they caress me as oft times before
Sure I never will play the wild rover no more.

And it's no nay never, no nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover, no never no more
And it's no nay never, no nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover, no (slow) never no more

The Moonshiner
Bass
Piano
Piccolo
Banjo
Guitar
Guitar
Piccolo
Tenor Banjo
Drums
Pan Flute
Strings
Banjo
Flute
Strings (High)
Wild Rover G
The Moonshiner
Key  G
Sequenced-Frank Lennon
www.socc.ie/~midiclass
flennon@indigo.ie
Sequenced-Frank Lennon
www.socc.ie/~midiclass
flennon@indigo.ie