The Moonshine Shudder
Lyric and Music by Wade Hamilton
Published 1923

[verse 1]
Last night I attended a party,
All the boys I used to know were there.
Ev'ry one was feeling hale and hearty,
But to drink a toast no one would even dare
Just then our host announced with greatest pleasure
Refreshment with a punch would follow soon
'Twas stuff he'd made himself
'Twas six weeks on his shelf,
Oh how I shuddered as I drank my share!

[chorus]
Oh, could you ever keep from doing it,
I mean the moonshine shudder,
After gurgling, guzzling, laping up home brew
First you shiver at your throat,
Then you shimmy at your chest;
You wiggle out of your coat,
And you nearly shed your vest.
But you cannot keep from doing it,
I mean the moonshine shudder,
After gurgling, guzzling, laping up home brew.

[verse 2]
The morning that followed was painful,
For that home brew stuff was made to last.
Felt just like the morning after battle,
When you want to put your head into a cast
The taste of homemade stuff was still within me
I hoped and wished and prayed for it to cease
When ham and eggs were served
'Twas more than I deserved,
Oh then I swore that would be my last,

[repeat chorus]