Woody Guthrie — We Shall Be Free lyrics

Lyrics

We Shall Be Free
CHORUS 1. 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
VERSE 1. 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
CHORUS 2. 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
VERSE 2. 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
CHORUS 3. 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
VERSE 3. 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
CHORUS 4. 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
VERSE 4. 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
CHORUS 5. 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
VERSE 5. 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
CHORUS 6. … 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
VERSE 6. Oh the gun said boom an' the hog said … … jumped on 'er with all
o' his will … How that hog gets …
CHORUS 7. … 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