“She was only a moonshiner’s daughter, but he loved her still”

“She was only a moonshiner’s daughter, but he loved her still” is an old pun on the word “still” (that can also mean “distillery”). “She may be only a moonshiner’s daughter, but I love her still” has been cited in print since at least 1920.
 
“She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still” has been cited in print since at least 2004 and is a popular modern form of the pun.
 
   
Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
still noun
Definition of STILL
1: distillery
2: apparatus used in distillation comprising either the chamber in which the vaporization is carried out or the entire equipment
First Known Use of STILL
1533
 
Newspapers.com
21 April 1920, Ponca City (OK) News, pg. 1, col. 3:
... “She’s a Moonshiner’s Daughter, But I Love Her Still;” ...
       
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30 May 1920, Los Angeles (CA) Sunday Times, “Pen Points” by The Staff, pt. II, pg. 4, col. 6:
A friend of ours married the moonshiner’s daughter. He loved her still.
 
10 January 1921, Kokomo (IN) Tribune, pg. 6. col. 4:
In this connection they’re singing a new song—“She May Be Only a Moonshiner’s Daughter But I Love Her Still.”
     
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13 March 1922, Tacoma (WA) Daily Ledger, “Skilldebooch!” by Tirador Del Toro, pg. 8, col. 3:
... “She Was Only a Bootlegger’s Daughter, But He Loved Her Still.”
 
15 November 1927, The Register (Sandusky, IL), “Noah Numskull” comic, pg. 11, col. 1:
DEAR NOAH:—EVEN IF MY GIRL IS A MOONSHINER’S DAUGHTER, SHOULD I LOVE HER STILL?
C.V.
WEST BURLINGTON, IOWA
 
9 February 1928, The Bee (Danville, VA), “Scoop’s Colyum,” pg. 4, col. 4:
She Was Only a Moonshiner’s Daughter, But He Loved Her Still.
 
13 June 1941, Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner, “Sol’s Sunshine and Shadow,” pg. 8B, col. 6:
She was the moonshiner’s daughter, but he loved her still.
 
20 July 1969, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), “Weekend Chuckles,” sec. 7, pg. 5, col. 2:
She was only a moonshiner’s daughter, but he loved her still.
     
Google Books
The Second Oldest Profession;
An Informal History of Moonshining in America
By Jess Carr
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
1972
Pg. 64:
The old pun “she was a moonshiner’s daughter but he loved her still,” brings to mind another colorful aspect of the moonshiner’s social life and customs.
     
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Capt’n Midnight
18-12-2003, 13:34
She was only a poteen makers daughter - but he loved her still.
     
Mandolin Cafe
Landgrass
Jul-21-2004, 11:02am
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
     
Yahoo! Groups—Puns of the Day
Stan Kegel
Sun Oct 2, 2005 6:36 pm
From: Joanna Brietmeyer

100 best one liners
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16. She was only a whisky maker but he loved her still.
   
Google Books
Moonshine:
Recipes, tall tales, drinking songs, historical stuff, knee-slappers, how to make it, how to drink it, pleasin’ the law, recoverin’ the next day
By Matthew B. Rowley
New York, NY: Lark Books
2007
Pg. 46:
She was just a moonshiner’s daughter, but he loved her still.
—Anonymous.