The Preacher and the Slave

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, 
  bye and bye
  In that glorious land 
  above 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 sing and they clap 
and they pray
Till they get all your coin 
on the drum
Then they tell you 
when you are on the bum

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

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
  Work and Pray, 
  live on hay
  You'll get pie in the sky 
  when you die

Workingmen of 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

  You will eat, 
  bye and bye
  When you've learned how 
  to cook and to fry
  Chop some wood, 
  'twill do you good
  And you'll eat in the sweet
  bye and bye