Lyrics: Joe Hill
Music: Joe Hill
Lone-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(Way up high!)
Work and pray,live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die(That's a lie!)
And the starvation army they play
And they sing and they clap and they pray
Till they get all your coin on the drum
They will tell you when you're on the bum:
You will eat,bye and bye,
In that glorious land in the sky(Way up high)
Work and pray,live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die(That's a lie!)
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
You will eat,bye and bye
In that glorious land above the sky(Way up high)
Work and pray,live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die(That's a lie!)
Workingmen of all countries,unite
Together we will stand and we will fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain:
You will eat,bye and bye
When you've learned how to cook and to fry
Chop some wood,that'll do you good
And you'll eat in that sweet bye and bye(That's no lie!)