1] It's eighteen nine, By a creek the western pine. I a man at the mine, And he shares my for the ole' jug wine. And when the is done, Then we to the setting sun. And like his before, He's a hillbilly miner's son.
Hey give me rye whisky, rye dry gin, Give me glowin' water 'till the rush comes in. rich from the riches and we don't ask why, Gonna 'till the liquor runs dry.
2] Damn sun, ya sooner than the day's begun. Out the river trail, Panning through the on the miner detail. But the was thin, And we for the taste of the bootleg gin. So we drank like sin, Having worked like the devil to bring the gold in.
Hey me rye whisky, rye whisky dry gin, Give me glowin' yellow water the rush comes in. Never rich from the and we don't ask why, Gonna drink 'till the liquor dry.
3] And the was dry, just to get us all by. With sign of guilt, Dredging others' claims through the silt. Left home ago, With the summer scent of roses and that on willow. And so the old flows, Tryin' to kill a little time a rich vein shows.
Hey me rye whisky, rye whisky dry gin, Give me glowin' yellow water the rush comes in. Never rich the riches and we don't ask why, Gonna drink 'till the liquor dry.
Oh San now you got me on my knees. But it's gold for fools, we're just mules. for next to nothin' fees.
Hey me rye whisky, rye whisky dry gin, Give me glowin' water 'till the rush comes in. Never rich the riches and we don't ask why, Gonna drink 'till the runs dry.
Give me rye whisky, rye dry gin, me glowin' yellow water 'till the rush comes in. Never from the riches and we don't ask why, Gonna drink 'till the liquor dry. Gonna drink 'till the runs dry.