Long-haired preachers come out every nightTry to tell you what’s wrong and what’s rightBut when asked about something to eatThey will answer in voices so sweet +‘You will eat, by and by,In that glorious land above the skyWork and pray, live on hay -You’ll get pie in the sky when you die’ – that’s a lie! +And the Starvation Army they playAnd they sing and the clap and they prayTill they get all your coin on the drumThen they’ll tell you when you’re on the bum . . . +Holy Rollers and Jumpers come outAnd they sing and they clap and they shout‘Give your money to Jesus,’ they say,‘He will cure all diseases today . . . +Working folks of all countries, uniteSide by side we for freedom will fightWhen the world and it’s wealth we have gainedTo the grafters we’ll sing this refrain: +You will eat, by and by,When you’ve learned how to cook and how to fryChop some wood, it’ll do you goodThen you’ll eat in the sweet by and by – that’s no lie! +Joe Hill
Long-haired preachers come out every nightTry to tell you what’s wrong and what’s rightBut when asked about something to eatThey will answer in voices so sweet +‘You will eat, by and by,In that glorious land above the skyWork and pray, live on hay -You’ll get pie in the sky when you die’ – that’s a lie! +And the Starvation Army they playAnd they sing and the clap and they prayTill they get all your coin on the drumThen they’ll tell you when you’re on the bum . . . +Holy Rollers and Jumpers come outAnd they sing and they clap and they shout‘Give your money to Jesus,’ they say,‘He will cure all diseases today . . . +Working folks of all countries, uniteSide by side we for freedom will fightWhen the world and it’s wealth we have gainedTo the grafters we’ll sing this refrain: +You will eat, by and by,When you’ve learned how to cook and how to fryChop some wood, it’ll do you goodThen you’ll eat in the sweet by and by – that’s no lie! +Joe Hill