Lyrics to
Mountain Dew

This version of Mountain Dew was released by Willie Nelson in 1972.

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Now there far from me there’s an old holler tree
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You go round the bend and you come back again
With a jug of that good ole mountain dew
They call it that ole mountain dew Lord Lord and them that refuse it are few
I’ll hush up my mug if you’ll fill up my jug with that good ole mountain dew

The preacher came by with his head high said hi said his wife took down with the flu
And he thought that we’re hard just to give him a quart
Of that good old mountain dew
Well we call it that ole mountain dew…

My uncle Mort he’s sawed off and he’s short he measures bout four foot two
But he thinks he’s a giant when you give him a pint of that good old mountain dew
Well we call it that ole mountain dew…
Hush up my mug if you’ll fill up my jug with that good ole mountain dew

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About Lyrics and Mountain Dew by Willie Nelson

The lyrics for Mountain Dew are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Willie Nelson. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mountain Dew have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Mountain Dew - Willie Nelson and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Mountain Dew by Willie Nelson in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Mountain Dew" means the words set to the music of Mountain Dew, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Mountain Dew and the lyrics to Mountain Dew are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mountain Dew, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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