> Religious believers in impending armageddon are optimists, not pessimists.
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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 how 'bout something to eat They will answer in 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're on the bum 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 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. 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 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!] Thus the final verse becomes
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]
Joe Hill, 1911 *********************************************************************** "One needs to work to achieve enlightenment and then return to the common world." Basho http://wobblytimes.blogspot.com/
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