We Shall Be Free

We Shall Be Free - Woody Guthrie (伍迪·格思裡)

Written by：Huddie Ledbetter

We shall be free

In the mornin' you shall be free 'fore day

You shall be free hear me say you shall be 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