Lyrics:

I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

I've been a moonshiner for manys a year
Spent all me 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 shillin' bill

I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry; 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 countery
Ten gallons of wash I will go on a spree
No women to follow, the world is all mine
I can love none so well as I love my moonshine

I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

It's moonshine for Molly and moonshine for Mei
Moonshine for me love, she'll sing all the day
It's moonshine for breakfast and moonshine for tea
It's moonshine, me hearties, it's moonshine for me

I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die

Well, moonshine, dear moonshine, O how I live thee
You killed me old father but ah you try me
Well bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine
Their breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine

I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler; I'm a long ways from home
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry; I'll drink when I'm dry
And if moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I die