Joe Hill, whose first language was Swedish, is also remembered for the phrase 'pie in the sky'.

The Wobblies competed with the Salvation Army for attention on the street. The Salvation Army promised people their reward in heaven; the Wobblies preferred to get their reward here on earth.

Joe Hill took the refrain of a Salvation Army hymn;
'In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore'
and rewrote it as;
'You will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die'