So many
people say they cut whiskey out
Just to have a little drink of wine
They get drunk every once in a while
They must have been
drinking moonshine
And the deacon don't like it
I don't either
The deacon don't like it
I don't either
The deacon don't like it
I don't either
It's a sin, ain't it a shame?
Lots of people get
drunk once in a while
Just to speak their sober mind
When they get caught
doin' crazy things
They put the blame on ol' Ruth Shine
And the deacon don't like it
I don't either
The deacon don't like it
I don't either
The deacon don't like it
I don't either
It's a sin, ain't it a shame?
He told me yellow corn whiskey
is really the very best kind
Better turn that corn into bread
an d stop drinking
that moonshine
Because the deacon don't like it,
I don't either
The deacon don't like it, I don't either
The deacon don't like it,
I don't either
There's a sin and a shame
This country's gonna be lost,
keeps on going the way it's going,
we can't even have a little dancing town,
all the people are drinking moonshine,
and the deacon don't like it,
I don't either,
deacon don't like it, I don't either,
police don't like it, I don't either,
this is sick, ain't it a shame?
Well, the elder went
to the sister's house.
She asked him to rest his hat.
He began to laugh and grin.
Said, Sister, tell me where
your husband's at.
And the deacon didn't like it.
I don't either.
Police didn't like it.
I don't either.
Sisters didn't like it.
I don't either.
Sin and shame.
Now some of you sisters
in this congregation,
singing in the choir,
and I should vote too.
You used to wear your
dresses so short,
people had to talk.
Now you done changed the style.
You wear them so long,
you can hardly walk.
And the deacon don't like it.
I don't either.
The deacon don't like it.
I don't either.
The deacon don't like it.
I don't either.
I know you don't like my song,
I spoke with my sober mind
I won't take back what I said,
cause I don't drink moonshine
Cause the deacon don't like it,
I don't either
The deacon don't like it,
I don't either
The deacon don't like it,
I don't either
There's a sin and a shame