Lyrics

In the morning we shall be free All day we shall be free Here me say it, we shall be free You know the Good Lord will set you free I was down in the henhouse the 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 He jumped a gullet We shall be free He jumped a shotgun We shall be free He jumped a roe foot We shall be free You know the Good Lord will set you free The preacher and the rooster had a terrible fight The preacher knocked the rooster clear out of sight The preacher said to the rooster "It will be alright" "I'll meet you at the henhouse tomorrow night." I'll bring my axe and We shall be free in the morning We shall be free and the preacher We shall be free and the rooster The Good Lord will set you free I was down in the henhouse on my knees Thought I heard a chicken sneeze Only a rooster saying his prayers Thanking his God for the hens upstairs He's praying We shall be free take a collection We shall be free all day You know the Good Lord will set you free You know some folks say The preacher done steal I caught two in my cornfield One had a bushel, other had a peck One had a rope down near his neck Eating my dry corn We shall be free and roasting it We shall be free of the preacher You know the Good Lord will set you free You know some folks say When times get hard You oughtta put your trust in God It makes no difference don't you see Ain't a hog that can outrun me That hammock we shall be free Them hog eyes we shall be free Them chitlins we shall be free You know the Good Lord will set you free We shall be free We shall be free We shall be free We shall be free We shall be free in the morning We shall be free in the evening We shall be free all day Yeah the Good Lord will set you free Yeah the Good Lord will set you free Yeah the Good Lord will set you free