The Moonshiner Lyrics

Lyric discussion by andy144405 

Cover art for The Moonshiner lyrics by Tommy Makem

The tune of the Star-Spangled Banner is an from an old drinking song, "Anacreon on Heaven" which appears to be related to The Moonshiner. You can sing the words of the Star-Spangled Banner to the tune of the Moonshiner, and vice versa.


another verse of it goes:

It's corn bread when I'm hungry, corn liquor when I'm dry Work when I'm hard up, and religion when I die For the world's but a bottle, and life's but a dram And when the bottle is empty, it ain't worth a damn.

A couple of alternate lines:

God bless pretty women, I wish they were mine But I love none so well as I love my moonshine.