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Moonshiner

from Migrations by The Littlest Birds

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"Live" single take stereo recording made during the recording of Migrations.

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I've been a moonshiner
Since’n I was been born
Drunk up all my money
Stilled up all my corn,

I go up to some dark hollow
Set my moonshine still
Make you one gallon
For a two dollar bill

I’ll go up some dark holler
And make you some booze
If the revenuer don’t find me
No money will I loose

That revenuer don’t own me
And I won’t pay his till
I’ll spend my days moonshining
And I guess I always will

That revenuer tells me
He knows wrong from right
There’s a seal across his bottle
His money’s locked up tight

Come all you moonshiners
Stand out in a line
If trouble don’t kill you
You’ll live a long time.

Let me eat when I am hungry
Drink when I am dry
A dollar when I got none
Religion when I die

This whole world is just a bottle
Life's but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
Life ain’t worth a damn

Come all you pretty women
Wishin’ you was mine
Their breath smells sweetly
Like dew on the vine

I’ve been a moonshiner
Seven lonely years
If trouble don’t kill me
You’ll still find me here

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from Migrations, released October 14, 2011
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The Littlest Birds Laramie, Wyoming

The Littlest Birds is the banjo-driven music of and Sharon Martinson, performing both solo concerts and currently with several duo and trio configurations. "Think instrumental virtuosity balanced by a breezy, backwoods soul, music that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally soothing."
- Dan Bolles, Seven Days Weekly, Burlington VT, 2011
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