Lyrics We Shall Be Free - Woody Guthrie

We Shall Be Free

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