The Sweet By & By written by Joe Hill

This song is a parody of the hymn *In the Sweet By-and-By*. 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. Oh, the starvation army they play, They sing and they clap and they pray, Till they get all your coin on the drum, Then they tell you when you're on the bum: **(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. Holy rollers and jumpers come out, And they holler, they jump, and they shout, Give your money to Jesus, they say, He will cure all diseases today. **(Chorus)** 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)** Workingmen of all countries, unite, Side by side we for freedom will fight; When this world and its wealth we have gained, To the grafters we'll sing this refrain: **(Final Chorus)** You will eat, bye and bye, When you've learned how to cook and how to fry; Chop some wood, 'twill do you good, Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.