WHISKEY WILLIE
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: HE MADE WHISKEY BY THE BARREL
BY THE GALLON AND BY THE JAR
AND HE SOLD IT TO THE SOLDIERS
IN THAT AWFUL CIVIL WAR
TO THE REBELS TO THE YANKEES
HE SOLD WHISKEY NORTH AND SOUTH
FROM WASHINGTON DOWN TO RICHMOND
AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THAT OLE WAR WAS ALL ABOUT

CHORUS: WHISKEY WILLIE BRING YOUR WAGON
COME AND FILL UP MY DEMIJOHN
WHISKEY WILLIE BRING YOUR WAGON
AND WE'LL KEEP RIGHT ON A FIGHTING
'TIL THE BATTLE HAS BEEN WON

VERSE 2: BOBBY LEE WAS NOT A DRINKER
JACKSON SCORNED THE DEVIL'S BREW
GRANT SAID WILLIE BRING US WHISKEY
AND WE'LL PAY THE DEVIL'S DUE
TO THE UNION TO THE FREE STATES
WILLIE SOLD HIS WHISKEY SHINE
WHEN THE SOLDIERS SAW HIM COMING
THEY WOULD WAVE AND THEY WOULD HOLLER
AND HE'D DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH THE LINES

VERSE 3: WHISKEY WILLIE HAD A WOMAN
NEVER WAS THERE ONE MORE TRUE
SHE COULD DRIVE HIS TEAM AND WAGON
HELP HIM SELL THE WHISKEY TOO
WAS A FINE COOK MAKING SOUR MASH
THAT'S WHAT MOUNTAIN WOMEN'S FOR
EVERY TIME SHE LEFT THE CABIN
WILLIE SAID YOU KEEP YOUR PANTS ON
AND REMEMBER THIS IS WAR

VERSE 4: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED AND THEY MADE PEACE
RECONSTRUCTION WAS ITS NAME
ALL THE YANKEES CELEBRATED
AND THE REBELS LIVED IN SHAME
WHISKEY WILLIE NEVER DID KNOW
WHY THEY HAD THAT AWFUL SPAT
BUT HE KEPT ON SELLING WHISKEY
SAYS YOU GOTTA STAY HALF DRUNK
TO KEEP ON KILLING FOLKS LIKE THAT