Dooley
Composer(s): Rodney Dillard - Mitch Jayne
Performer(s): The Dillards
and multiple other artists



Dooley was a good old man, lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters and a forty gallon still
One gal watched the boiler, the other watched the spout
and mama corked the bottles when old Dooley fetched them out

Chorus
Dooley, slippin' up the holler, Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar
Dooley, gimmee a swaller and I'll pay you back some day

They revenuers came for him, a-slippin' thru the woods
Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his goods
Dooley was a trader when into town he come
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the ton

chorus...

I remember very well the day old Dooley died
the women folk looked sorry and the men stood 'round and cried
Now Dooley's on the mountain, he lies there all alone
they put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone

chorus...