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The Westerlies - In the Sweet By and By / The Preacher and the Slave Lyrics



The Westerlies - In the Sweet By and By / The Preacher and the Slave Lyrics




[ Featuring Theo Bleckmann ]

In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that. beautiful shore.



Long haired preachers come out ev'ry night
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
But when asked about something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet

You will eat you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya die

And the starvation army they play
And they sing and they clap and they pray
'Til they get all your coin on the drum
Then they tell you when you're on the bum

You will eat you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya die

Holy rollers and jumpers come out
And they holler and jump and they shout
But when eat-ting time comes 'round they say
You will eat on that glorious day

You will eat you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray

Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya 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 you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya die

Working men of all countries unite
Together we'll stand and we'll fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain

You will eat you will eat by and by
When you've learned how to cook and to fry
Chop some wood do ya good
And you'll eat in the sweet by and by
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In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that. beautiful shore.



Long haired preachers come out ev'ry night
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
But when asked about something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet

You will eat you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya die

And the starvation army they play
And they sing and they clap and they pray
'Til they get all your coin on the drum
Then they tell you when you're on the bum

You will eat you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya die

Holy rollers and jumpers come out
And they holler and jump and they shout
But when eat-ting time comes 'round they say
You will eat on that glorious day

You will eat you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray

Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya 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 you will eat by and by
In the glorious land in the sky way up high
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when ya die

Working men of all countries unite
Together we'll stand and we'll fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain

You will eat you will eat by and by
When you've learned how to cook and to fry
Chop some wood do ya good
And you'll eat in the sweet by and by
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Writer: Joe Hill, Joseph P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett
Copyright: Lyrics © HAL LEONARD LLC




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