MOON SHINES ON THE MOONSHINE, THE
Robin Hood Bowers (m) Francis De Witt (l)  1919

as recorded by Bert Williams 
with Orchestra conducted by Charles A Prince 
 December 1st 1919 
 New York

also recorded by -
Ted Lewis & his Band  '20
Sidney Phillips  '20


The mahogany is dusty,
All the pipes are very rusty,
And the good old fashioned musty
Doesn't musty any more!

All the stuff's got bum and bummer
From the middle of the Summer,
Now the bar is on the hummer
And "for rent" is on the door!

How sad and still tonight
By the old distillery,
And how the cobwebs cob
In the old machinery.

But in the mountain tops,
Far from the eyes of cops,
Oh how the moon shines
On the moonshine so merrily, oh, oh the works!

Goodness me, how misery doubles,
Ain't one thing to use for bubbles
For to drive away your troubles,
Now the tide has gone and went!

Days and nights are getting bleaker,
Shivering for an old time sneaker,
Even water's getting weaker,
'Bout one tenth of one percent!

How sad and still tonight
By the old distillery,
And how the moaners moan
At the lager brewery.

So mister, if you please,
Don't let nobody sneeze
Up where the moon shines
On the moonshine so sillily, so sillily!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2012)