Joe Hill - The preacher and the slave
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Verse #1:
GLong-haired preachers come Cout every Gnight
GTry to tell you what's wrong and what's Dright
GBut when asked how 'bout Csomething to Geat
GThey will answer in Dvoices so Gsweet
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GYou will eat [You will eat], Dbye and bye [bye and bye]
In that glorious land above the sGky [Way up high]
GWork and pray [Work andC pray], live on hay [live on hay]
GYou'll get pie in the Dsky when you Gdie
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GAnd the Starvation CArmy, they Gplay
GAnd they sing and they clap and they Dpray
GTill they get all your Ccoin on the Gdrum
GThen they tell you when Dyou're on the Gbum
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Verse #3:
GHoly Rollers and CJumpers come Gout
GAnd they holler, they jump and they Dshout
GGive your money to CJesus, they Gsay
GHe will cure all diDseases toGday
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Verse #4:
GIf you fight hard for Cchildren and Gwife
GTry to get something good in this Dlife
GYou're a sinner and Cbad man, they Gtell
GWhen you die you will Dsure go to Ghell.
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Verse #5:
GWorkingmen of all Ccountries, uGnite
GSide by side we for freedom will Dfight
GWhen the world and its Cwealth we have Ggained
GTo the grafters we'll Dsing this reGfrain
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GYou will eat (You will eat), Cbye and bye [bye and bye]
When you've learned how to cook and how to Dfry [How to fry]
GChop some wood [Chop some wood], C'twill do you good [do you good]
GThen you'll eat in the Dsweet bye and Gbye [That's no lie]