Utah Phillips - Preacher and the Slave (Live 1981) lyrics

Joe Hill wrote a song for the
Free speech fight of uh, 1910
And it was introduced on the streets
Of Spokane by Haywire MacMclintok
Him what, He was grand secretary then
He wrote "Big Rock Candy
Mountain" and "Hallelujah, i'm a Bum"
Got together a little band
T-Bone Slim and a tuba garbage can lid
They stood in a doorway
Waiting to leap out at the unemployed
And regal them in a song
They used a shill to build a crowd
You know a carny shill
Somebody that uses tricks to build a crowd
His name was wore a black
Suit, black bowler hat
And a string tie with
An umbrella and briefcase
He'd walk down to where they
Were hiding in the doorway
And suddenly he'd start to yell
"Help help I've been robbed"
Everybody would run across the street
"whats the matter whats the matter"
As soon as he got the
Crowd together he'd yell
"I've been robbed by the
Capitalist system fellow workers!"
He'd talk to 'em for 10 minutes and then
The boys would leap out and sing
And this is what they were singing

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 with voices so sweet

You will eat (You will eat)
Bye and bye (bye and bye)
In that glorious land in the sky (in the sky)
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)

And the starvation army they play
And they sing and they clap and they pray
When they've get all your coins on the drum
They will tell you when you're on the bum

You will eat (You will eat)
Bye and bye (bye and bye)
In that glorious land in the sky (in the sky)
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)

Holy Rollers and jumpers come out
And they roll and they jump and they shout
Give your money to Jesus, they say
And you'll eat on that glorious day

You will eat (You will eat)
Bye and bye (bye and bye)
In that glorious land in the sky (in the sky)
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)

Workingmen of all countries unite
Side by side we for freedom shall fight
When the world and it's wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain

You will eat (You will eat)
Bye and bye (bye and bye)
When you've learned how to cook and to fry
Chop some wood (Chop some wood)
Do you good (do you good)
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye
(That's no Lie)