"I had the honor of, uh, singing the 'Preacher and the Slave'. Y'know, the 'Long Haired Preacher' song? Everybody knows that."
"Yeah."
"I had the honor fo singing that for the first time in public. Joe brought in and, uh, turned it over to the secretary of the Portland, [?] of the IWW, and he got out a leaflet on it and I think we sold, at the second street meeting, at the first street meeting we weren't prepared, we didn't have it printed. But the second street meeting we sold over $30 worth of them. Had a dime to throw or whatever they wanted to contribute."
"So you were the first one to sing it?"
"I was the first one to sing it in public."
"Sing it now."
"'Long Haired Preachers-?"
"Yeah!"
Long haired preachers come out every night
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
But when asked "How about something to eat?"
They will answer with voices so sweet
You will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky, way up high
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get by in the sky when you die
"Yeah."
"I had the honor fo singing that for the first time in public. Joe brought in and, uh, turned it over to the secretary of the Portland, [?] of the IWW, and he got out a leaflet on it and I think we sold, at the second street meeting, at the first street meeting we weren't prepared, we didn't have it printed. But the second street meeting we sold over $30 worth of them. Had a dime to throw or whatever they wanted to contribute."
"So you were the first one to sing it?"
"I was the first one to sing it in public."
"Sing it now."
"'Long Haired Preachers-?"
"Yeah!"
Long haired preachers come out every night
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right
But when asked "How about something to eat?"
They will answer with voices so sweet
You will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky, way up high
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get by in the sky when you die
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