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The Preacher and the Slave

from Night of the Living Reds by Workers' United Front

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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 about something to eat
They will answer in voices so sweet

You will eat, bye and bye
In that glorious land in 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 clap and they sing and they pray
Till they get all your money on their drum
That's when they'll tell you that you're a fucking bum

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

Working-folk from 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

We will eat, bye and bye
When we've learned how to cook and how to fry
Chop some wood, it'll do us good
And we'll eat in that sweet bye and bye

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from Night of the Living Reds, released September 9, 2007
Written by Joe Hill (1911).

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