We Shall Be Free - Woody Guthrie

In the mornin' you shall be free

'Fore day you shall be free

Hear me say you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

I was down in the hen house other night

Awful dark, I didn’t have no light

I reached for a chicken, I got me a goose

A man come out, I had to turn him loose

I jumped a gully you shall be free

I jumped a rose bush you shall be free

you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

Preacher an' a rooster had a terr’ble fight

Preacher knocked the rooster clean out o' sight

Preacher told the rooster that’ll be all right

Meet ya at the hen house tomorrow night

you shall be free

In the mornin' you shall be free

You know, rooster, you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

I’s down in the hen house on my knees

I thought I heard a chicken sneeze

Only a rooster sayin' his prayers

Thankin' his God for the hens upstairs

Here’s the preacher you shall be free

He’s a-singin' you shall be free

Takin' up c’llection you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

Oh, some folks says times is hard

Preacher says put your trust in God

Matter no diff’rence, don’t you see

A hog can’t run too fast for me

Gettin' that you shall be free

Gettin' that hogeye you shall be free

Eatin' up chitt’lin’s you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

As some people say, a preacher won’t steal

I caught two down in my corn fiel'

One had a bushel, other had a peck

Other’n had a roastin' ear down his neck

you shall be free

Gettin' roastin' ears you shall be free

Gettin' dried corn you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free

Oh, the gun said boom an' the hog said

jumped on 'er with all o' his will

how that hog gets

you shall be free

I don’t care you shall be free

Forget about you shall be free

When the good Lord sets you free