I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long way from home

and if you don't like me

then 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

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I've been a moonshiner

for manys a year
I spent all my 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 shilling bill

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I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long way from home

and if you don't like me

then 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

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I'll go to some hallow

in this country

ten gallons of wash

I can go on a spree

no women to follow

the word is all mine

and I love none so well

as I love the moonshine

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I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long way from home

and if you don't like me

then 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

​

Oh moonshine Oh moonshine

Oh how I love thee

you killed my auld father

but will you try me
Oh bless all moonshiners

and bless all moonshine

Their breath smells as sweet

as the dew on the vine

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I'm a rambler I'm a gambler

I'm a long way from home

and if you don't like me

then 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