Title: Moonshiner
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Tapes and Acetates From The Times They Are A-Changin' (1963) (Track #5)
Duration: 05:10
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
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,
I go to some bar room,
And drink with my friends,
Where the women cant follow,
And see what I spend,
God bless them pretty women,
I wish they was mine,
Their breath is as sweet as,
The dew on the vine,
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 aint worth a damn.
Tapes & Acetates From The Times They Are A-Changin' (1963)
* 01. Paths Of Victory
02. Hero Blues
03. Eternal Circle (incomplete)
04. Eternal Circle (version)
* 05. Moonshiner
* 06. Only A Hobo
* 07. Seven Curses
* 08. Percy's Song
09. Farewell (incomplete)
10. East Laredo Blues
11. Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag (incomplete)
12. Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag
* 13. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
14. Percy's Song (version)
* 15. Suze (The Cough Song)
16. That's All Right Mama -Sally Free And Easy
17. The Times They Are A-Changin' (version)
18. Eternal Circle
August 6, 1963 - tracks 7, 9
August 7, 1963 - track 3
August 12, 1963 - tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 11
October 23, 1963 - tracks 8, 10, 16, 17
October 24, 1963 - tracks 12-15, 18
In order of recording: 7, 9, 3, 1, 11, 2, 5, 4, 6, 8, 17, 10, 16, 18, 14, 13, 15, 12
Sources:
tracks 1, 3-8, 13-15 are from tape #1 ('Tarantula' tape)
tracks 9-12, 16 are from tape #2
track 2 is from acetate