Long Haired Preacher (Preacher and the Slave)

"I had the honor of, uh, singing the 'Preacher and the Slave'. Y'know, the 'Long Haired Preacher' song? Everybody knows that."

"Yeah."

"I had the honor fo singing that for the first time in public. Joe brought in and, uh, turned it over to the secretary of the Portland, [?] of the IWW, and he got out a leaflet on it and I think we sold, at the second street meeting, at the first street meeting we weren't prepared, we didn't have it printed. But the second street meeting we sold over $30 worth of them. Had a dime to throw or whatever they wanted to contribute."

"So you were the first one to sing it?"

"I was the first one to sing it in public."

"Sing it now."

"'Long Haired Preachers-?"

"Yeah!"

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

You will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky, way up high
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get by in the sky when you die

Holy rollers and jumpers come out
And they sing and they clap and they shout
"Give your money to Jesus" they say
"He will cure all diseases today"

And you will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get by in the sky when you 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
But they'll tell you when you're on the bum

You will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky, way up high
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get by in the sky when you die

Working men of all countries unite
Side by side we, for freedom, will fight
When this world and his wealth we have gained
To the grafters, we will sing this refrain

You will eat by and by
When you've learned how to cook and to fry and bake a pie
Chop some wood, it'll do you good
And you'll eat in the suite, by and by, you wise guy