Pioneer Song

Back when I was a boy Sunday's brought so much joy And my family would gather to sing Well my father would play his guitar the whole day And the sound all the neighbors would bring But my favorite song, we would all sing along Was the one about the old pioneer He got drunk off the shine he had grown on his vine And he howled at the moon for a year Farmer Hayes had a gun in his ears that howl rung And he just couldn't get any sleep He made chase through the woods, but his aim was no good And the pioneer hunkered down deep Well pioneer Ray, he had come a long way And he knew every inch of that land And he slept like a babe in an old limestone cave Which he knew like the back of his hand But my favorite song, we would all sing along Was the one about the old pioneer He got drunk off the shine he had grown on his vine And he howled at the moon for a year Farmer Hayes spent the night searching till the first light And he lost himself deep in the wood As he hollered for aide for mistakes he had made The pioneer rescued him good He brought blankets and food which to Hayes tasted so good And a bottle of shine he had made And they sang their own song and the wolves howled along All together from midnight till day But my favorite song, we would all sing along Was the one about the old pioneer He got drunk off the shine he had grown on his vine And he howled at the moon for a year And if i could go back just to hear his big laugh I would trade everything that I own And if I had the time I would sit round a fire And sing all the old songs again But my favorite song, we would all sing along Was the one about the old pioneer He got drunk off the shine he had grown on his vine And he howled at the moon for a year But my favorite song, we would all sing along Was the one about the old pioneer He got drunk off the shine he had grown on his vine