Bag of whiskey on my back 
And the sheriff is on my track 
I'm gonna make it through the world 
If I can I'd take your worst to go my bail '
Ruther to go to the county jail 
You better make it through the world 
If you can 
If you can, if you can 
You better make it through the world 
If you can 
If you want to have to leave home 
You just stick wit' a bottle of corn 
You have to make it through the world 
If you can 
You may think they's doin' you wrong 
But they'll send ya to the county farm 
You better make it through the world 
If you can 
If you can, if you can 
You've gotta fake it to the world 
If you can 
When you go out for a load 
The sheriff will stop you on the road 
You'll have to make it to the world 
If you can 
It's a real surprisin' thing 
That to hear those .44's ring 
You better fake it to the world 
If you can 
If you can, if you can 
You've gotta fake it to the world if you can (fiddle & guitar) '
Boy, they'll sure get you here about liquor' (fiddle & guitar) 
Ev'ra since that state went dry 
The bootleggers have to stand shy 
They gonna keep out the way of the sheriff 
If they can 
If they can, if they can 
They gonna keep out the way a-the sheriffs 
If they can.