Download "Moonshiner"

Album The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991

Moonshiner by Bob Dylan

Release Date
Tue Aug 30 2005
Performed by
Bob Dylan
Produced by
Tom Wilson
Writed by
Traditional
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Bob Dylan takes a classic traditional Irish drinking song here and inverts it, using tone and a few choice lyric changes to turn a celebratory ode to the moonshiner’s lifestyle into a brooding meditation on the essential emptiness of life as an alcoholic.

Moonshiner Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I go to some hollow
And sit at my still
And if whiskey dont kill me
Then I dont know what will

[Verse 2]
I go to some bar room
And drink with my friends
Where the women can't follow
And see what I spend
God bless them pretty women
I wish they was mine
Their breath is as sweet
The dew on the vine

[Verse 3]
Let me eat when I am hungry
Let me drink when I am dry
A dollar when I am hard up
Religion when I die
The whole world's a bottle
And life's but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
It sure ain't worth a damn

Moonshiner Q&A

Who wrote Moonshiner's ?

Moonshiner was written by Traditional.

Who produced Moonshiner's ?

Moonshiner was produced by Tom Wilson.

When did Bob Dylan release Moonshiner?

Bob Dylan released Moonshiner on Tue Aug 30 2005.

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