Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs Bottle of Wine Lyrics:
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,
When you gonna let me get sober?
Lea'me alone, let me go home.
Let me go home and start over.

Ramblin' around this dirty old town,
Singin' for nickels and dimes.
Times gettin' rough, I ain't got enough
To buy me a bottle of wine, yeah.

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,
When you gonna let me get sober?
Lea'me alone, let me go home.
Let me go home and start over.

[Instrumental break.]

Pain in my head, there's bugs in my bed,
Pants are so old that they shine.
Out on the street I beg the people I meet
To buy me a bottle of wine, whoa-oh-oh.

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,
When you gonna let me get sober?
Lea'me alone, let me go home.
Let me go home and start over, ha ha ha ha.

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,
When you gonna let me get sober?
Lea'me alone, let me go home.
Let me go home and start over.

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Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,
When you gonna let me get sober?
Lea'me alone, let me go home.
Let me go home and start over.

Let me go home and start over.
Let me go home and start over.

[The following verses are heard on the Tom Paxton version but not on this
recording.]

Little hotel, older than hell,
Dark as the coal in a mine.
Blankets are thin, I lay there and grin,
'Cause I got a little bottle of wine.

Well, the preacher will preach,
The teacher will teach.
A miner will dig in a mine.
I ride the rods, trustin' in God,
Huggin' my bottle of wine.


[BOTTLE OF WINE]
[Written by: Tom Paxton-1963
Performed by: Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs [1] -1968
Appears on: Bottle of Wine (The Fireballs)-1968, Good Old Rock & Roll,
Vol. 2 (Various Artist, Jimmy Gilmer credited)-1987 [2] , The Best of the
Fireballs' Vocals, Featuring Jimmy Gilmer-1995, Sugar Shack: The Best of
Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs-1996, Firebeat! The Great Lost Vocal Album
(The Firebirds)-2006, et al.]

[1] Originally recorded by Judy Collins in 1964, the composer, Tom Paxton
covered it in 1965. But it didn't become really popular until Jimmy Gilmer
& the Fireballs covered it in 1968. Other covers include, The Kingston
Trio, Porter Wagoner, The Stonemans, The Royal Guardsmen, Lonnie Donegan,
White Mountain Singers, The Melodian Pops Orchestra, Doc Watson, Porter
Wagoner, Jonas Field and Carolyn Hester.]

[2] Transcribed from the track on this album.]

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Lyrics: Bottle of Wine, Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs [end]