The Legend of Moonshiner Bill
Album: Oh to Be Young Again
By: Danny Graves
By: Danny Graves
Duration
2:45
Genres
Description
I Wanted to write a song about the beauty of the Ozarks after living in North West Arkansas for three years. But after reading about the old moonshiners there and the ghost stories, I came up with this song.
Lyrics
THE LEGEND OF MOONSHINER BILL Copyright 2010 by Danny Graves Capo 1st Fret Vs.1 THIS IS THE LEGEND OF MOONSHINER BILL HE LIVED DEEP WITHIN THE HILLS IN THE NIGHTEEN THIRTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMES WERE HARD AND TIMES WERE TUFF BUT IN A CAVE, HIGH ON A BLUFF THAT’S WHERE HE HID HIS MOONSHINE STILL Vs. 2 HE’D BREW IT UP AND SOLD IT AROUND TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY TOWNS WHITE LIGHTNING WAS A HIT OF THE LAND BILL MADE A LOT OF MONEY BUT THEY SAY IT’S KIND’A FUNNY CAUSE BILL NEVER WAS A DRINKING MAN Vs. 3 FOR AWHILE HE DID FINE MAKING A LIVING OFF HIS MOONSHINE BUT ONE DAY BILL RAN OUT OF LUCK HE GOT CAUGHT BY THE LAW HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT ALL HEY SHERIFF, I NEVER TOUCH THE STUFF Vs. 4 BUT IT’S ILLEGAL IN THE HILLS SO THEY ARRESTED MOONSHINER BILL BUT HE ESCAPED FROM JAIL ONE DAY WELL BILL NEVER MADE IT HOME HIS WIFE WROTE HIM OFF AS DEAD AND GONE SOME SAY HE DIED BY HIS STILL IN THE CAVE Vs. 5 THE PEOPLE MISSED HIS MOONSHINE SO FOR YEARS THEY TRIED TO FIND THE BLUFF, THE CAVE, AND THE MOONSHINE STILL NOW THE LEGEND SAYS WHEN THE WIND IS RIGHT YOU CAN SMELL WHISKEY BREWING THROUGH THE NIGHT MUST BE THE GHOST OF MOONSHINER BILL Ending Vs. YEAH, THE LEGEND SAYS WHEN THE WIND IS RIGHT YOU CAN SMELL WHISKEY BREWING THROUGH THE NIGHT MUST BE THE GHOST OF MOONSHINER BILL MUST BE THE GHOST OF MOONSHINER BILL
