we shall be free chorus 1 in the mornin you shall be free fore day you shall be free hear me say you shall be free when the good lord sets you free verse 1 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 chorus 2 i jumped a gully you shall be free i jumped a rose bush you shall be free you shall be free when the good lord sets you free verse 2 preacher an a rooster had a terr ble fight preacher knocked the rooster clean out o sight preacher told the rooster that ll be all right meet ya at the hen house tomorrow night chorus 3 you shall be free in the mornin you shall be free you know rooster you shall be free when the good lord sets you free verse 3 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 chorus 4 here s the preacher you shall be free he s a singin you shall be free takin up c llection you shall be free when the good lord sets you free verse 4 oh some folks says times is hard preacher says put your trust in god matter no diff rence don t you see a hog can t run too fast for me chorus 5 gettin that you shall be free gettin that hogeye you shall be free eatin up chitt lin s you shall be free when the good lord sets you free verse 5 as some people say a preacher won t steal i caught two down in my corn fiel one had a bushel other had a peck other n had a roastin ear down his neck chorus 6 you shall be free gettin roastin ears you shall be free gettin dried corn you shall be free when the good lord sets you free verse 6 oh the gun said boom an the hog said jumped on er with all o his will how that hog gets chorus 7 you shall be free i don t care you shall be free forget about you shall be free when the good lord sets you free