let grasses grow and waters flow in a free and easy way but give me enough of the fine old stuff that s made near galway bay and policemen all from donegal sligo and leitrim too we ll give them the slip and we ll take a sip of the real old mountain dew at the foot of the hill there s a neat little still where the smoke curls up to the sky by the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell that there s potten brewing nearby it fills the air with odor rare and betwixt both me and you when home you stroll you can take a bowl or a bucket of the mountain dew now learned men who use the pen have wrote your praises high that sweet protein from ireland green distilled from wheat and rye throw away your pills it will cure all ills of pagan or christian or jew take off your coat and grease your throat with the real old mountain dew hi the diddley i dill dum diddley doodle i dill um diddley doo ri diddley di day hi the diddley i dill dum diddley doodle i dill um diddley doo ri diddley di day