The 15th of October Songtext
von Volume Five

It′s the fifteenth of October, boys
It's time to get sober, boys
Been mashin′ in these woods all summer long

Makin' straight corn alcohol
From early June to early fall
Got bills to pay, cold weather's comin′ on

Five hundred gallons
Of what this season made
Plus the little bit that we keep for ourselves

Gotta turn it into greenback cash
Before the Sherriff finds our stash
And trust me, boys, he′s always on our trail

It's the fifteenth of October, boys
It′s time to get sober, boys
Been mashin' in these woods all summer long

Makin′ straight corn alcohol
From early June to early fall
Got bills to pay, cold weather's comin′ on


Fifty Thousand Dollars
And we can winter well
As long as we don't make no big mistakes

'51 Ford Pickup Truck
Is waitin′ to be loaded up
Moonlight mountain rendez vouz awaits

We make our hay and when the moon is shining
Don′t care to tangle with the light of day
We ain't bringing harm to anybody
Just wish the law would see it that way

It′s the fifteenth of October, boys
It's time to get sober, boys
Been mashin′ in these woods all summer long

Makin' straight corn alcohol
From early June to early fall
Got bills to pay, cold weather′s comin' on

It's the fifteenth of October, boys
It′s time to get sober, boys
Been mashin′ in these woods all summer long

Makin' straight corn alcohol
From early June to early fall
Got bills to pay, cold weather′s comin' on