Chorus:
You will eat, by and by
In that glorious land above the sky.
Work and pray, live on hay
You’ll get pie in the sky when you die.
...That’s a lie!
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)
Oh 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’re on the bum
(Chorus)
Holy rollers and jumpers come out
And they holler, they jump and they shout
Give your money to Jesus they say
He will cure all diseases today!
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
Working folk of all countries unite
Side by side we for freedom will fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the rich we will sing this refrain:
You will eat, by and by
When you’ve learned how to cook and to fry
Chop some wood, ‘twill do you good
There’s no pie in the sky when you die!
There’s no pie in the sky when you die –
There’s just sky...
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