Apple Pie Shine (original folk ukulele)

I used to have a blog, a good little blog, never hurt nobody. One day back before I joined the temperance league I wound up drinking at Jimmy's Original Southern Pub where I was introduced to the magic elixir known as apple pie shine. I wrote about it in my blog and it was one of the better posts if I do say so myself. The blog has gone the way of all good things, but I remembered enough of what I wrote about that day at Jimmy's to get it in a line and make it rhyme. I would say 95 % of the blogpost is in this song. Performed on my 1947 Gigson tenor uke.

JIMMY'S SOUTHERN PUB IS JUST THE KINDA PLACE I LIKE
A LITTLE HIDEAWAY SET BACK OFF OF TAZEWELL PIKE
GOOD MUSIC ON THE JUKEBOX, THREE TELEVISION SETS
A SIGN THAT SAYS NO STRANGERS HERE, JUST FRIENDS WHO HAVEN'T MET
WELL, IT WAS CHRISTMAS WEEK AND WE WERE CRAZY RUNNIN' AROUND
MY WIFE AND I'D BEEN SHOPPING, WE'D BEEN ALL OVER TOWN
SHE DROPPED ME OFF AT JIMMY'S WHEN I'D HAD ALL I COULD STAND
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT LOVE A WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS HER MAN
(BRIDGE)
I WALKED UP TO THE BAR AND I GOT MYSELF A BEER
I TOOK A GOOD LONG PULL AND SAT ME DOWN
I SAW LOTS OF HARLEY T-SHIRTS AND TENNESSEE HATS
AND THESE LITTLE PLASTIC CUPS THEY WERE PASSIN' AROUND
(VERSE 2)
THE GUY BEHIND THE BAR LOOKED LIKE HE USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL
HE DIDN'T KNOW ME FROM ADAM, HE DIDN'T KNOW ME FROM JOHN LAW
I RECKON HE THOUGHT I COULD USE A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHEER
AND BEFORE ME A LITTLE PLASTIC CUP DID APPEAR
I'M NOT WHAT YOU'D CALL A REGULAR, JUST AN EVERY NOW AND THEN
BUT I'VE BEEN TREATED GOOD EVERYTIME THAT I'VE STOPPED IN
IT DOES ME GOOD TO KNOW IN THIS TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
THERE'S STILL SUCH A THING AS SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
(BRIDGE)
THE GUY SITTIN' NEXT TO ME SAID MAN, THIS STUFF IS SMOOTH
HE TOOK A BLISSFUL SIP AND CLOSED HIS EYES
I TOOK A SIP MYSELF AND YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS 'CAUSE IT'S TRUE
THESE FOLKS WERE DRINKIN' MOONSHINE, TASTED JUST LIKE APPLE PIE
(VERSE 3)
I CAN'T RECALL WHEN I HAVE TASTED ANYTHING SO SMOOTH
YOU KNOW A LOT OF YOUR LOCAL LIQUOR JUST TASTES LIKE ROCKET FUEL
BUT THE MAN WHO BREWED THIS STUFF MUSTA REALLY LOVED HIS SHINE
CIDER MIXED WITH CINNAMON AND A BIG WARM RUSH BEHIND
IT WAS MOSTLY JUST AN OLDER CROWD OF FOLKS THERE SITTIN' AROUND
THE ONES JUST PEEKIN' OVER THE HILL AND THE ONES A-WALKIN' DOWN
JUST GLAD TO SEE EACH OTHER WITH NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE
IN TENNESSEE AT CHRISTMAS TIME SHARING A SPECIAL BREW
(BRIDGE)
WELL FRIENDS YOU JUST DON'T SEE MANY DAYS LIKE THIS NO MORE
TODAY WAS 'BOUT AS GOOD AS THEY GET
I COULD SIT RIGHT HERE 'TIL CHRISTMAS AND RING THE NEW YEAR IN
DRINKIN' APPLE PIE SHINE WITH THESE FRIENDS I HAVEN'T MET
DRINKIN' APPLE PIE SHINE WITH THESE FRIENDS I HAVEN'T MET
DRINKIN' APPLE PIE SHINE WITH THESE FRIENDS I HAVEN'T MET

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• moonshine
• apple
• pie
• original
• song
• songwriter
• folk
• country
• hillbilly
• ukulele
• jimmy's
• southern
• pub

[tasha23924]

thats song rocks i think u should be on amerinca idol that was great

[unclejeff64]

@tasha23924

thanks for watching!

[GrumpyCoyoteTunes]

I may or may not have a terrific recipe for apple pie hootch. This is better.

[unclejeff64]

@GrumpyCoyoteTunes thanks bro'......

[UKISOCIETY]

Ha! "Peekin over the hill, etc"

Great!

[unclejeff64]

@UKISOCIETY thanks alan!

[unclejeff64]

@deach69 grumps says he's got the recipe deach!

[unclejeff64]

@sweetbabyrayguitars thanks ray!

[sweetbabyrayguitars]

nother goodun Jeff

[deach69]

You bringing some to the next UWC? Cool song Uncle Jeff!