In the mornin' We shall be free, all day We shall be free, hear me say We shall be free You know the good Lord will set you 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, we shall be free I jumped a shotgun, we shall be free I jumped a rose bush, 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 clean out of sight The preacher said to rooster, "It'll be all right I'll meet ya at the hen house tomorrow night I'll bring my axe" And we shall be free in the mornin' We shall be free, and the preacher We shall be free, and a rooster You know the good Lord will set 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 He's prayin' We shall be free, take a collection We shall be free, all day We shall be free You know the good Lord will set you free You know some folks say a preacher won't steal I caught two in my corn field One had a bushel, other had a peck One had a roastin' ear down his neck He might drawn corn We shall be free, them roastin' ears We shall be free, he's a preacher We shall be free You know the good Lord will set you free Now some folks say when times get hard You ought to put your trust in God It make no difference, don't you see It ain't a hog that can outrun me And that ham-hock We shall be free, and them hogeye We shall be free, and 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 mornin' We shall be free, in the evenin' We shall be free, all day The good Lord will set you free Yeah, the good Lord will set you free Yeah, the good Lord will set you free