Occupation Songs (6)

Day 3,862, 19:40 • Published in USA USA • by Pfenix Quinn
Occupation Songs (6)

This week's musical nod is to the incomprable Woody Guthrie. And the art work is a sampling of works from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Arts Project (mostly from the 1930's).






In the mornin' you shall be free. 'Fore day comes 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, hmm, and singin' 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

Some people say a preacher won't steal. I caught two down in my corn field. One had a bushel, other had a peck. Other'n had a roastin' ear down his neck.






Oh, 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 over with all o' his will ...

How that hog gets ...






You shall be free. I don't care. You shall be free. Forget about ... Oh you shall be free When the good Lord sets you free.