Mt. Shine, the hillbilly song

Godfather.
Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited October 2010 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
In the early morning air
you could really hear that engine rumble
as we loaded the trunk with shine
Daddy said they might be looking for us tonight
said he saw the revenue man in town a week ago
and we can't miss this time.

Six kids with momma and daddy on the mountain
there ain't to many jobs to be found
running shine kept food on the table
it kept us alive
we called it mountain shine.

late at night you could hear the old Ford flyin down the long dirt road
daddy was a runnin he had the peddle on the floor
a flat head 8 and triple deuces made the those straight pipes roar.

daddy had stills along the blue ridge line
making mountain shine filling mason jars one drop at a time
Momma worked hard trying to keep us in line
She told us never take a liken to that ol' mountain shine.

on my sixteenth birthday Daddy taught me how to drive
and bought me a car to run mountain shine.

She was long and fast
and had four doors
We worked all night putting in a hollow floor
My first delivery was the general store
around back we emptied her floor.

And daddy said son look out for the revenue man
he's out to catch us
He'll get us if he can.

Well the revenue man came up in the rear view mirror
and I put her to the floor and turned down the old hallows road
where daddy was waiting with a friend
I never did see that revenue man again.

She was long and fast
and had four doors
We worked all night putting in a hollow floor
My first delivery was the general store
around back we emptied her floor.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    love anything about runnin shine.
    my great grandfather made shine down in the woods of missouri.
    poor ass dirt farmer barely kept the family fed
    with the great depression and all.
    he'd brew up some high powered alcohol,,, good to go.
    he made & sold booze during prohibition.
    gramps was caught twice.
    served time in a small federal prison in bunk ass missouri.
    family about starved to death.

    Prohibition... period of banning alcoholic beverages: in the United States, the period between 1919 and 1933 during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was forbidden by the 18th Amendment
    Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    chadwick wrote:
    love anything about runnin shine.
    my great grandfather made shine down in the woods of missouri.
    poor ass dirt farmer barely kept the family fed
    with the great depression and all.
    he'd brew up some high powered alcohol,,, good to go.
    he made & sold booze during prohibition.
    gramps was caught twice.
    served time in a small federal prison in bunk ass missouri.
    family about starved to death.

    Prohibition... period of banning alcoholic beverages: in the United States, the period between 1919 and 1933 during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was forbidden by the 18th Amendment
    Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    very cool history ! do you have pictures of gramps and shine operation ? what a family history...somewhat similar to mine ,we should talk sometime bro.

    Godfather.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Godfather,
    no i don't have any picture like that. sure we can talk anytime.
    thank you for the great story
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    y'all this is the foundation of nascar

    it must be a trip to be in your respective heads
    cool story j
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    lettinggo wrote:
    y'all this is the foundation of nascar

    it must be a trip to be in your respective heads
    cool story j

    ;) thanks LG, you Rock !

    Godfather.
  • you gotta be singing this one Godfather... this is ol skool... back in 82 kinda shit... or in my case, 92 : )
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    you gotta be singing this one Godfather... this is ol skool... back in 82 kinda shit... or in my case, 92 : )

    ha ha ha yeah !!! in 82 the party was out of control :lol: ...Lakeside California, white lighting and some other stuff I don't want to bring up but we partied for days on end......so glad I lived through it and it's over but I did walk away with some cool memories.
    btw have you ever had real white lighting ?...stuff is BAAAAD ! also a friend of mine once got a bottle of white lighting from his dad in Italy it was a little different but still knocked my d____in the dirt.. ahhh the old days :D

    Godfather.
  • i kicked it real 1982 myself last night... but it was no '92 ;)

    lakeside california... that does sound like a good party... i should quit pissin about and get there already... i ain't ever tried this white lightning situation... whiskey ?? vodka? can't do vodka... i do like good whiskey.... hell I'd down anythin if it'd knock my d--- in the dirt... not sure i know how it goes but it sounds like quite the fucker...
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    Godfather. wrote:
    you gotta be singing this one Godfather... this is ol skool... back in 82 kinda shit... or in my case, 92 : )

    ha ha ha yeah !!! in 82 the party was out of control :lol: ...Lakeside California, white lighting and some other stuff I don't want to bring up but we partied for days on end......so glad I lived through it and it's over but I did walk away with some cool memories.
    btw have you ever had real white lighting ?...stuff is BAAAAD ! also a friend of mine once got a bottle of white lighting from his dad in Italy it was a little different but still knocked my d____in the dirt.. ahhh the old days :D

    Godfather.

    i've smelled it
    there are not many mind/mood alterations that scare me
    and at one time or another i have not experienced
    have endured all
    but even when i was far more
    "hard core"
    white lightening never passed my lips
    brrrrrrr
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • is it even a drink ? or a drug ?
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    lettinggo wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    you gotta be singing this one Godfather... this is ol skool... back in 82 kinda shit... or in my case, 92 : )

    ha ha ha yeah !!! in 82 the party was out of control :lol: ...Lakeside California, white lighting and some other stuff I don't want to bring up but we partied for days on end......so glad I lived through it and it's over but I did walk away with some cool memories.
    btw have you ever had real white lighting ?...stuff is BAAAAD ! also a friend of mine once got a bottle of white lighting from his dad in Italy it was a little different but still knocked my d____in the dirt.. ahhh the old days :D

    Godfather.

    i've smelled it
    there are not many mind/mood alterations that scare me
    and at one time or another i have not experienced
    have endured all
    but even when i was far more
    "hard core"
    white lightening never passed my lips
    brrrrrrr

    Just a high octane alcohol, it's not measured by proof it measured by percentage ha ha ha, I've seen a few rookies fall flat on their azz trying to impress their friends, it's been a loooong time but I still remember.

    Godfather.
  • that's heavy... might prove me a pansy... unless I maybe do it lakeside style
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    is it even a drink ? or a drug ?

    Liquor,clear as water.
    My brother (6'1" and 250 lbs) drank just a mayones lid of it at a party and seconds later lost his legs and fell flat on his azz. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    that's heavy... might prove me a pansy... unless I maybe do it lakeside style

    I haven't had a drink in years of anything, it might put my d---back in the dirt :lol:

    Godfather.
  • fuck.. thats some scary stuff right there... transparent drinks anyway scare me cuz vodka and I don;t quite get along...

    your bro is 6 foot 1 and 250 lbs... I weigh about a 112 lbs and am 5 foot 9 or so... imagine how I'd go down... i gotta get me some of this shit... d--- in the dirt's the way to go
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    fuck.. thats some scary stuff right there... transparent drinks anyway scare me cuz vodka and I don;t quite get along...

    your bro is 6 foot 1 and 250 lbs... I weigh about a 112 lbs and am 5 foot 9 or so... imagine how I'd go down... i gotta get me some of this shit... d--- in the dirt's the way to go

    TIMBER !!!!! :lol:

    Godfather.
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    Godfather. wrote:
    that's heavy... might prove me a pansy... unless I maybe do it lakeside style

    I haven't had a drink in years of anything, it might put my d---back in the dirt :lol:

    Godfather.

    i'd buy a ticket to that
    and fuck, i'd buy the drink too
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • and if we really wanna lose our shits, we could mix it up with a few lines of ketamine
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    and if we really wanna lose our shits, we could mix it up with a few lines of ketamine

    i guess you mean we will lose our collective shit because the thought of losing my shits would keep me from even asking wtf ketamine is
    so i am going with a
    and asking wtf is ketamine?
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • horse tranquilizer...initially liquid which you make into powder... i believe it's referred to as special k in your country...we'd get it over the counter at hospitals... they'd ask us what we'd want it for, and we'd say we gotta put a horse down... that'd be that.... and that.... is some mad crazy stuff... I'm frankly too old for that shit now