Biografía:
Puede confundirse con el escritor del mismo nombre, hijo de Stephen King.
Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, más conocido como Joe Hill (1879-1915), músico y sindicalista que fue además uno de los precursores de la canción de autor.Nace en Suecia y tras la muerte de su padre, emigra a Estados Unidos.
En su militancia en el sindicato IWW, comenzará a utilizar la música como modo de lucha y de difusión de las consignas políticas y reivindicaciones sociales, cantando en las reuniones sindicales y en las calles de los barrios obreros.
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Verse 1]
G C G
Long-haired preachers come out every night
G D
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
G C G
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
G D G
They will answer in voices so sweet
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 2]
G C G
And the Starvation Army, they play
G D
And they sing and they clap and they pray
G C G
Till they get all your coin on the drum
G D G
Then they tell you when you're on the bum
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 3]
G C G
Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out
G D
And they holler, they jump and they shout
G C G
Give your money to Jesus, they say
G D G
He will cure all diseases today
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 4]
G C G
If you fight hard for children and wife
G D
Try to get something good in this life
G C G
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell
G D G
When you die you will sure go to hell.
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 5]
G C G
Workingmen of all countries, unite
G D
Side by side we for freedom will fight
G C G
When the world and its wealth we have gained
G D G
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain
[Chorus 2]
G C
You will eat (You will eat), bye and bye [bye and bye]
D
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry [How to fry]
G C
Chop some wood [Chop some wood], 'twill do you good [do you good]
G D G
Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye [That's no lie]
G C G
Long-haired preachers come out every night
G D
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
G C G
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
G D G
They will answer in voices so sweet
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 2]
G C G
And the Starvation Army, they play
G D
And they sing and they clap and they pray
G C G
Till they get all your coin on the drum
G D G
Then they tell you when you're on the bum
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 3]
G C G
Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out
G D
And they holler, they jump and they shout
G C G
Give your money to Jesus, they say
G D G
He will cure all diseases today
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 4]
G C G
If you fight hard for children and wife
G D
Try to get something good in this life
G C G
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell
G D G
When you die you will sure go to hell.
[Chorus 1]
G D
You will eat [You will eat], bye and bye [bye and bye]
G
In that glorious land above the sky [Way up high]
G C
Work and pray [Work and pray], live on hay [live on hay]
G D G
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
[Verse 5]
G C G
Workingmen of all countries, unite
G D
Side by side we for freedom will fight
G C G
When the world and its wealth we have gained
G D G
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain
[Chorus 2]
G C
You will eat (You will eat), bye and bye [bye and bye]
D
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry [How to fry]
G C
Chop some wood [Chop some wood], 'twill do you good [do you good]
G D G
Then you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye [That's no lie]
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