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Sea Green Singers - Plegaria a un labrador (Public Prayer to a Worker) - To see an enlarged image, suitable for printing on A4 paper click on the image

Preacher and the slave music score from Strawberry Thieves, as pdf file
1. 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 in voices so sweet

Chorus:
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

2. 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're on the bum

3. Oh the God Squad and ranters come out
And they holler, they jump and they shout
Give your money to Jesus, they say,
He will cure all diseases today

4. 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.

5. Workingmen of all countries, unite
Side by side we for freedom will fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the bosses we'll sing this refrain

Final Chorus
Now we'll eat every day
On this glorious Earth and right away
Work and play, live today.
Yes we'll eat every day till we die - thats no lie

Other versions go:
You will eat, bye and bye,
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry;
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye

The chorus is sung in a call and response pattern.

You will eat [You will eat] bye and bye [bye and bye]
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
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!]

You will eat [You will eat] bye and bye [bye and bye]
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry [How to fry]
Chop some wood [Chop some wood], 'twill do you good [do you good]
Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye [That's no lie]