Down the street he met a cop,
And the copper made him stop,
And he asked him, “When did you blow into town?”
“Come with me to the judge.”
But the judge he said, “Oh fudge!
Bums that have no money needn’t come around.”
“The Preacher and the Slave,” also written by Joe Hill and sung to the tune of “Sweet Bye and Bye,” is especially popular among the malcontents because of its attack upon religion:
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