Lyr Req: Moonshiner (from Clancy Bros.)

Subject: Need lyrics
From: BFP
Date: 22 Mar 98 - 10:30 PM

Searching for lyrics to a song with the first line: I'm a rambler, I'm a gamber, I'm a long way from home and if you don't like me you can leave me alone.

Subject: Lyr Add: MOONSHINER (from Clancy Brothers)
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 22 Mar 98 - 11:52 PM

There's one version in the database - Search "MOONSHINER". This version is from the Clancy Brothers.....Tiger

I've been a moonshiner for many a year.
I spent all my money on whiskey and beer.
I'll go to some hollow and I set up my still,
And I'll make you a gallon for a ten-shillin' bill.

CHORUS
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm a long ways from home,
And if you don't like me,
Well, leave me alone.
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
And I drink when I'm dry,
And if moonshine don't kill me,
I'll live 'til I die.

I'll go to some hollow in this country,
Ten gallons of wash, I can go on a spree.
No women to follow, the world is all mine,
And I love none so well as I love the moonshine.

CHORUS

Oh, moonshine, dear moonshine, Oh, how I love thee.
You killed my old father, and now you try me.
Oh, bless all moonshiners and bless all moonshine,
Oh, their breath smells as sweet as the dew on the vine.

CHORUS

Subject: RE: Need lyrics
From: Helen
Date: 21 Apr 98 - 07:46 PM

Hi BFP,

There was a thread on this which was last posted to on April 5th 1998 called "I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler". If change the number of days to 30 in the Thread Filter box - top left of forum page you should find it or do a Forum Search using the word "rambler".

Helen

Subject: Lyr Add: [MOONSHINER VARIANT] (Ian and Sylvia)
From: Joel Ponzan
Date: 22 Apr 98 - 12:26 AM

I'm a rambler; I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from my home
And if you people don't like me
Just leave me alone

'Cause it's dark and it's rainy
And the moon gives no light
And my pony can hardly travel
On this dark road at night

I once had me a young love
And her age was sixteen
She was the flower of Belton
And the rose of Saline

But her parents didn't like me
And now she's just the same
So if I'm writ on your books, girl
Just blot out my name

I remember this from Ian Tyson's singing on the first Ian and Sylvia album. Fell in love with his voice, bought a black vest and a 12 string, and the rest is history!