Lyrics:

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