These are the lyrics and chords from Sing Out!, Vol 48 #4, Winter 2005 - just a little different from what Janie posted above, and with the preacher named "Bill."
G C G
Preacher Bill come to the house one Sunday bright and fine
A D
To fill his belly with sweet potatoes, biscuits, chicken and wine.
G C G
He took our Nellie behind the barn, and carried on a sight.
D G
I heard him whisper in her ear, "There'll be no church tonight."
Chorus
There'll be no church tonight, my dear
C G
There'll be no church tonight.
D
One more kiss from your red, red lips
G
There'll be no church tonight.
THERE'LL BE NO CHURCH TONIGHT
(Lyrics by Woody Guthrie, music by Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion)
Preacher Bill come to the house
One Sunday, bright and fine
To fill his belly with sweet potatoes,
Biscuits, chicken, and wine.
He took our Nellie behind the barn,
And carried on a sight.
I heard him whisper in her ear,
"There'll be no church tonight."
CHORUS
There'll be no church tonight, my dear
There'll be no church tonight.
One more kiss from your red, red lips
There'll be no church tonight.
While peeking through that knothole,
I seen him take her hand
Put his head upon her bosom
And called it the Promised Land
Mountains of life and Glory's hills,
He touched her legs so light.
He gasped for air and said a prayer,
There'll be no church tonight.
CHORUS
She laid on a pile of hay
And gently closed her eyes.
Said the words from the 23rd Psalm
To the good Lord in the sky.
What I seen through that knothole,
I cannot sing or write,
But now I know the reason why
There'll be no church tonight.
CHORUS
Repeat Chorus
Why is this tune so familiar to me? I'd guess Woody wrote a parody of an old gospel song, and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion just printed the traditional tune with Woody's lyrics. That's not how it appears in Sing Out!, though - according to my interpretation of the magazine, it's a new tune.