Pie in the Sky (The Preacher and the Slave)

Notation: legacy / protest song
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Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right,
But when asked how 'bout something to eat,
They will answer in voices so sweet.

Chorus 1:
You will eat, bye and bye
In that glorious land above the sky.
Work and pray, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.

And the Starvation Army, they play
And they sing and they clap and they pray
Till they get all your coin on the drum,
Then they tell you when you're on the bum.
Chorus 1

Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out
And they holler, they jump and they shout.
"Give your money to Jesus", they say,
"He will cure all diseases today".
Chorus 1

If you fight hard for children and wife,
Try to get something good in this life,
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell,
When you die you will sure go to hell.
Chorus 1

Workingmen of all countries, unite!
Side by side we for freedom will fight.
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain.

Chorus 2:
You will eat, bye and bye.
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry.
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.

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