The Preacher and the Slave - Joe Hill

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  • @LarryRickenbacker
    @LarryRickenbacker 13 років тому +77

    The "starvation army" line was a reference to the practice of industrialists employing the salvation army to disrupt IWW strikes with loud music.

    • @joeyj6808
      @joeyj6808 Місяць тому

      Even today the Salvation Army is on the side of money. Churches ain't ever friend to the poor.

  • @themagictheatre2965
    @themagictheatre2965 6 років тому +45

    This song is literally where the phrase "pie in the sky" comes from.

  • @nahuelv1000
    @nahuelv1000 6 років тому +47

    Long-haired preachers come out every night
    Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
    But when asked 'bout something to eat
    They will answer with 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
    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 are on the bum
    Chorus
    If you work 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 folks 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
    Last Chorus
    You will eat, bye and bye
    When you've learned how to cook and to fry
    Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
    And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye

  • @jj80251
    @jj80251 4 роки тому +10

    We will never forget Joe Hill.

  • @stenbonde
    @stenbonde 12 років тому +26

    Dont panic, organize and rise up! Fight for your rights! Never give up or surrender! If its a classwar they want, its a classwar they will get!

    • @Mandrillo647
      @Mandrillo647 4 роки тому +1

      It would be nice if young people now understand this

    • @GSDKXV
      @GSDKXV 8 місяців тому

      @@Mandrillo647 play union songs in your work place

  • @dillondurkay2535
    @dillondurkay2535 8 років тому +51

    the song is about the salvation army and other organizations promising the poor a better life in the next while doing nothing for the present situation so the promise goes you will get pie in the sky when you die. ;-) wooot hope it's freakin apple.

  • @tohellwithgoogle4261
    @tohellwithgoogle4261 3 роки тому +3

    From San Diego up to Maine at every mine and mill...
    Where workers strike and organize, it's there you'll find Joe Hill.

  • @matt143450
    @matt143450 5 років тому +37

    Union power exists in 2019. Solidarity!

    • @yeephus4993
      @yeephus4993 5 років тому +15

      That may be true depending on where your from. Unions are actually illegal in many places, including half of America. The right to unionize should be an inalienable right.

    • @galaxyanimal
      @galaxyanimal 3 роки тому +1

      @@yeephus4993 Unions are legal in all of the US, but half the US gov'ts look the other way when companies ban unions & fire organizers.

  • @fboschetto1
    @fboschetto1 10 років тому +10

    I find this version very friendly and cheerful. Congratulations !

  • @Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex
    @Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex Рік тому +5

    is as true today as it was when it was written

    • @aminabdullah350
      @aminabdullah350 2 місяці тому

      People have just replaced the preachers by the politicians and their armies of bureaucrats and TV. Being free is a very scary thought to most people, despite what they proclaim.

  • @jeremyreagan9085
    @jeremyreagan9085 9 років тому +2

    Warms my heart Europe has not forgotten!!

  • @russellalexander7321
    @russellalexander7321 4 роки тому +1

    your legacy lives on Joe

  • @NattyKatty77
    @NattyKatty77 3 роки тому +6

    [Verse 1]
    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 with voices so sweet:
    [Chorus]
    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!)
    [Verse 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 are on the bum
    [Chorus]
    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!)
    [Verse 3]
    Holy Rollers and jumpers come out
    They holler, they jump and they shout
    Give your money to Jesus they say
    He will cure all diseases away
    [Chorus]
    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!)
    [Verse 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
    [Chorus]
    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!)
    [Verse 4]
    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 grafters we'll sing this refrain:
    [Chorus]
    You will eat (You will eat) bye and bye (Bye and bye)
    When you've learned how to cook and how to fry (and bake a pie!)
    Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
    And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye (That's no lie!)

  • @canfor5
    @canfor5 13 років тому +1

    A great version of an essential Joe Hill song! Thanks for posting.

  • @iamesh
    @iamesh 4 роки тому +1

    Tack 🙏
    Jag är dig evigt tacksam för den uppladdningen Ante Blomberg

  • @МирославаБерзина
    @МирославаБерзина 2 роки тому +2

    unknown group is Class of 58

  • @quinnrollen
    @quinnrollen 7 років тому +3

    "Until You Are Dead" By Frederick Drimmer brought me here. Great song, great story about Joe Hill. Still holds truth to this day.

  • @briany08
    @briany08 12 років тому +1

    pretty good video,great song

  • @ostbagen
    @ostbagen 14 років тому +3

    Sung to the tune of "I'll fly away" a Christian hymn.
    When I die and my life is over I'll rot away.
    6 feet down underneath the clover I'll rot away.
    I'll rot away how gory,I'll rot away.
    When I die I won't go in the sky
    I'll just rot away!

  • @Ashybasha
    @Ashybasha 15 років тому

    I love that song :-)

  • @MitchellMcLean1992
    @MitchellMcLean1992 5 років тому +4

    I believe the performers are: Class of 58.

  • @streetrot7265
    @streetrot7265 11 років тому

    This bike is a pipebomb brought me here a few years ago. Always enjoyed this version as well.

  • @ellecole7035
    @ellecole7035 4 роки тому +2

    Anyone else in music class?

  • @svartkattante
    @svartkattante  15 років тому +1

    That it is. I found this on another site whitch nowdays don't exist anymore. I don't know the performer, so is there annyone who knows, please tell me!

  • @martinsimmons2359
    @martinsimmons2359 Рік тому

    Cisco Houston has a phenomenal version as well if you’d like another one

  • @TheRattevanger
    @TheRattevanger 13 років тому +1

    I also like the Cisco Houston version.

  • @1227CGanimated
    @1227CGanimated 4 роки тому +1

    If there is a hell, Emporer Constatine is in the 9th circle.

  • @mannecyberguy
    @mannecyberguy 12 років тому +1

    I've read the lyrics to this song, and found it to be very interesting; but I'd like to know why have they left out the "Holy Rollers" stanza?

  • @debmar5771
    @debmar5771 8 років тому +2

    I don't think it's anti-Christian. I think the words are saying to do your best in this life and let the afterlife, if there is one, take care of itself.

  • @AbandonEarth911
    @AbandonEarth911 Рік тому +2

    Abolish the wages system.

  • @usmiechbt9869
    @usmiechbt9869 2 роки тому

    What this song is about can smb tell me
    If from Poland And its first time i hear this song
    I dont understand ,,u get pie in the sky when u die l" da fq?

    • @svartkattante
      @svartkattante  2 роки тому +5

      Its a christin hymn with a alternative more accurat text, written by the famous Syndicalist Joe hill 1910 o someting like that,
      How salvation army and other christians fool and tell people hove to live and work for the big bosses without any food or money and they get there prize in heaven anmd thats bullshit

    • @usmiechbt9869
      @usmiechbt9869 2 роки тому

      @@svartkattante thx man luv u

  • @punxinparkas
    @punxinparkas 13 років тому +3

    dont mourn organize!

    • @aminabdullah350
      @aminabdullah350 2 місяці тому

      People have been made to believe and accept that they have to work like a slave for food and shelter. So their highest aspiration is to have the slave masters negotiate with them. That's the real tragedy. They do not want to leave the plantation, they just want a better bed of hay and a less painful whip.

  • @kingofqwerty
    @kingofqwerty 12 років тому

    Grattis på födelsedagen!

  • @abuliberalee
    @abuliberalee 8 років тому +2

    Anyone know who sings this version?

    • @giannigiovful
      @giannigiovful 5 років тому

      abuliberalee
      Description says they don’t know unfortunately :( shame because this is the best version imo

  • @DrunkenlazybastardED
    @DrunkenlazybastardED 11 років тому +19

    Great cover, awful video. Ugh. It feels like a high school power point presentation.

  • @ErnieBivouac
    @ErnieBivouac 13 років тому +1

    Pretty good, but my favorite version is still by Anne Feeney with Commander Cody.

  • @harrykalin3021
    @harrykalin3021 2 роки тому

    Kinks

  • @olaussonrteliacom
    @olaussonrteliacom 7 років тому

    ja

  • @12sapito12
    @12sapito12 4 роки тому

    Haunting melody and lyrics, but very apropos for the political environment smothering the 2020 elections.

  • @hmol1955
    @hmol1955 11 років тому

    Funny thought - how the composer of this tune, that was written to serve a heavenly master, found it becoming a hit for the revolutionaries.

    • @orm2
      @orm2 11 років тому +13

      This song wasn't written "to serve a heavenly master". Joe Hill was a socialist.

    • @hmol1955
      @hmol1955 11 років тому +9

      No friend, the tune is a very well known Salvation Army piece. Hill took a lot of such tune and added new lyrics to them. I always likes this one.

    • @hmol1955
      @hmol1955 10 років тому +2

      ZJD - my limited english denies me access to the meaning of "AL".

    • @hmol1955
      @hmol1955 10 років тому +1

      I guess that is a sort of compliment?

    • @romando6858
      @romando6858 9 років тому

      Gerrard wins tablet was also a socialist (although I suppose that name doesn't mean anything to you)

  • @someonesomewhere572
    @someonesomewhere572 13 років тому

    mischief brew has a way better cover of this sing

  • @anothernic
    @anothernic 13 років тому

    Best cover my rear, Utah Phillips version is way better. (MBs is good too, but derivative of UPs IIRC).

  • @EightiesTV
    @EightiesTV 3 роки тому

    This song is about life under Josef Stalin.

    • @byronsolis5878
      @byronsolis5878 3 роки тому +9

      Song: Joe Hill is a union organizer in the U.S.A
      You: tHis soNG Is AbOuT LiFE uNDEr JoSEf STaLin

    • @thatssofetch3481
      @thatssofetch3481 3 роки тому +5

      Joe Hill died 7 years before Stalin went into office so explain how that works.

    • @ingwerschorle_
      @ingwerschorle_ 3 роки тому +1

      state capitalism is still capitalism so yea