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The Preacher and the Slave
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Famous Joe Hill song about the need to look beyond the lies about a better life in the 'by and by' towards the struggle for a better life for all in this life.
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Progressive, socialist, labor-oriented, and otherwise socially conscious folk music. <br /><br /> <br /><br />www.marxist.com <br /><br />www.socialistappeal.
Progressive, socialist, labor-oriented, and otherwise socially conscious folk music. Check out: http://www.marxist.com http://www.socialistappeal.org http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org http://www.ushov.org
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #172
Peak in subgenre #38
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Words: Joe Hill Music: Traditional
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April 28, 2007
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MP3 1.7 MB • 128 kbps • 1:51
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Famous Joe Hill song about the need to look beyond the lies about a better life in the "by and by" towards the struggle for a better life for all in this life.
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Long-haired preachers come out every night, Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right, But when asked about something to eat, They will answer in voices so sweet: Chorus: You will eat bye and bye, In that glorious land above 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, They sing and they clap and they pray, Till they get all your money on their drum, Then they'll tell you that you're just a bum: CHORUS Workingfolk 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 will sing this refrain: Last Chorus: We will eat, bye and bye, When we learn how to cook and to fry; Chop some wood, 'twill do you good And we'll eat in the sweet bye and bye. (That's no lie!)
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