{"id":317,"date":"2021-08-30T23:19:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2021-08-31T00:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T00:25:16","slug":"aunt-haley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/aunt-haley\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Haley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/aunthaleysample.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns &lt;script&gt; (function($){  $(document).on(&apos;contextmenu&apos;, &apos;audio&apos;, function() { return false; }) })(jQuery); &lt;\/script&gt; is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Big Haley, Aunt Haley sold the best shine in the land<br>Many climbed that mountain for sweet contraband<br>She kept handy, apple brandy in a keg inside her home<br>She was catchable but not fetchable so the law left her alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">My great aunt Haley was a great big lady that lived all alone<br>She weighed 500 pounds but at no fault of her own<br>After 20 kids she grew so big from that elephant disease<br>She was confined to her cabin, she could never leave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">16 miles from the railroad, three more straight up and down<br>Folks hiked up Newman\u2019s Ridge from counties all around<br>So well known for her brandy, folks came from near and far<br>Haley made a good living at 50 cents a jar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Big Haley, Aunt Haley sold the best shine in the land<br>Many climbed that mountain for sweet contraband<br>She kept handy, apple brandy in a keg inside her home<br>She was catchable but not fetchable so the law left her alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">One hot day in the month of May the sheriff sent his best man<br>Haley laughed and told him \u201cSon, take me if you can<br>Go back and tell the judge I will never be his<br>You can\u2019t get me through the door, much less off this ridge\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Big Haley, Aunt Haley sold the best shine in the land<br>Many climbed that mountain for sweet contraband<br>She kept handy, apple brandy in a keg inside her home<br>She was catchable but not fetchable so the law left her alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Her story lives on in lore and song now over a hundred years<br>The legend of Aunt Haley, a moonshine pioneer<br>She sold shine until she died, in 1898<br>She never made it off that ridge, still resting there today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Big Haley, Aunt Haley sold the best shine in the land<br>Many climbed that mountain for sweet contraband<br>She kept handy, apple brandy in a keg inside her home<br>She was catchable but not fetchable so the law left her alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">She was catchable but not fetchable so the law left her alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Words &amp; 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