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- "The Moonshiner" is a folk song with disputed origins. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 4301. Some believe that the song originated in America, then later was made famous in Ireland. Others believe that it was the other way around. The Clancy Brothers stated on their recording that the song is of Irish origin, but again, this is disputed. Delia Murphy was singing it in Ireland from the late 1930s. First American appearance however is recorded in Carl Sandberg's 1927 The American Songbag which credits the Combs family of Kentucky for the collection of the song going back at least to the turn of the century. The minor key arrangement is credited therein to Alfred George Wathall. Bob Dylan recorded "Moonshiner" in 1963; this version was released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991. While Dylan's version bears resemblance to the 1930s recordings of Henson and Kazee, both the Henson and Kazee versions include the "I always stay sing single" segment not present in the Sandberg version or in Dylan's, and neither include Dylan's "World's just a bottle" segment which appears with Rolf Cahn's Folkways recording in 1959 and later in Van Ronk's (1964). The song has also been performed by Elliott Smith, Cat Power, Rumbleseat, Cast Iron Filter, Jalan Crossland, Peter Rowan, Railroad Earth, Bob Forrest, Roscoe Holcomb, Uncle Tupelo, Jeffrey Foucault, The Tallest Man On Earth, Tim Hardin, Charlie Parr, Punch Brothers, Redbird, Robert Francis, Scorpios, Dave Van Ronk, əkoostik hookah, Moriarty, Clay Parker & Jodi James, Lost Dog Street Band, David Bromberg,and Parsonsfield. In the movie Deliverance, actor/musician Ronny Cox plays and sings the "religion when I die" stanza on his acoustic guitar around the first night's campfire. (en)
- The Moonshiner o Moonshiner è un brano tradizionale dall'origine controversa. Alcuni pensano fosse di origine statunitense diventato poi famoso in Irlanda altri il contrario. The Clancy Brothers, che pubblicarono il brano come EP nel 1961, affermano che è di origine irlandese. La cantante Delia Murphy la cantò in Irlanda negli anni trenta mentre il cantante country Tex Ritter divenne famoso per un brano dalla struttura simile intitolato Jack of Diamonds all'inizio del 1933. Bob Dylan ne registrò una propria versione nel 1963 pubblicata poi su The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. Il brano fu oggetto di rilettura da parti di numerosi artisti: Elliott Smith, Cat Power (in Moon Pix), , , , , Bob Forrest, , Uncle Tupelo (dal vivo in ), , The Tallest Man on Earth, Tim Hardin, , Punch Brothers. (it)
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