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17. Preacher & the Slave

name

17. Preacher & the Slave

category

labor

leaders

memo

structure

Repeat at will

url

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2tyW-68...

description

Joe Hill classic from the IWW Little Red Song Book

key

Bb

charts

PDFs

• P&Slave Bb 2.pdf
• P&Slave Bb1.pdf
• P&Slave C1.pdf
• P&Slave Eb 2.pdf
• P&Slave Eb Bass.pdf
• P&Slave F 3.pdf
• P&SlaveC Bass.pdf
• P&SlaveEb 1.pdf
• P&Slave Bb 3.pdf
• P&Slave C 3.pdf

lyric

[Verse 1]
Long-haired preachers come out every night
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
But when asked about something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet:

[Chorus]
You will eat (You will eat) bye and bye (Bye and bye)
In that glorious land above the sky (Way up high)
Work and pray (Work and pray), live on hay (Live on hay)
You'll get pie in the sky when you die (That's a lie!)

[Verse 2]
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 are on the bum

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Working folk 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:

[Final Chorus]
You will eat (You will eat) bye and bye (Bye and bye)
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry (and bake a pie!)
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye (That's no lie!)

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