Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
They will answer in voices so sweet
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
And the Starvation Army they play,
And 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
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
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.
Workingmen of all countries, unite
Side by side we for freedom will fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain
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
Musicalmente a cançom nom está mal, e pode atopar-se em multitude de versiões. Por exemplo, a deste fulano:
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Bem, pois pouco despois de conhecer esse clássico, estava eu escoitando umha das minhas canções favoritas dos Dropkick Murphys, "Worker's Song" -um nº 1 nas listas punkarras de Arbolícia-, quando ao chegar o estribilho dei-me de conta que umha frase que nunca entendera di precisamente... "pie in the sky"! Vede vós mesmos:
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Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky Waiting for me when I die But between the day you're born and when you die They never seem to hear even your cry
CHORUS:So as sure as the sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
Well the officers are trying to keep me down Trying to drive me underground And they think that they have got the battle won I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
CHORUS
And I keep on fighting for the things I want Though I know that when you're dead you can't But I'd rather be a free man in my grave Than living as a puppet or a slave
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A cousa nom acaba tampouco aqui: hai várias canções que levam por título "Pie in the sky", de gente tam diversa como a E.L.O. ou Frank Black, entre outros. Pero nom atopei nengumha mais onde essa referência tenha esse carácter reivindicativo, fiel à original, que si tenhem as que ponho aqui. Assi que quedades invitados a informar de qualquer outro achádego nesse aspecto.