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"The Preacher and the Slave" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1911. It was written as a parody of the hymn "In the Sweet By-and-By". The Industrial Workers of the World (commonly known as the Wobblies) concentrated much of its labor trying to organize migrant workers in lumber and construction camps. When the workers returned to the cities, the Wobblies faced the Salvation Army (which they satirized as the "Starvation Army"). Hill had first encountered the Salvation Army in Sweden when he was a child. Several songs were written parodying the Salvation Army's hymns, "The Preacher and the Slave" being the most successful. In this song, Joe Hill coined the phrase "pie in the sky." The song is often referred to as "Pie in the Sky", or as "Long Haired Preachers" (which was its original title). It was first published in the 4th edition of the ''Little Red Songbook'' in 1911. ==Lyrics and chords==
The chorus is sung in a call and response pattern. :''You will eat (will eat ) bye and bye (and bye )'' :''In that glorious land above the sky (up high )'' :''Work and pray (and pray ) live on hay (on hay )'' :''You'll get pie in the sky when you die (a lie! )'' Thus the final verse becomes :''You will eat (will eat ) bye and bye (and bye )'' :''When you've learned how to cook and how to fry (to fry )'' :''Chop some wood (some wood ), 'twill do you good (you good )'' :''Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye (no lie )'' The fourth verse is not normally sung today, probably because of the reference to "children and wife" not being gender-neutral. Other variations include changing the second line of the chorus to "In that glorious land up in the sky" and the last line of the third verse to "And you will eat on that glorious day." Workingmen is normally changed to working folks, as well . The above lyrics are from the 19th edition of the ''Little Red Songbook''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Preacher and the Slave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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