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Jesus Christ

Woody Guthrie
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La versione di Bob Dylan del 1960, dai cosiddetti “The Minnesota...
GESÙ CRISTO ‎

Gesù Cristo era un uomo che viaggiò sulla terra
un gran lavoratore e coraggioso
Disse al ricco, “Dai i tuoi beni al povero”
Ma quelli gettarono Gesù Cristo nella tomba.

Gesù era un uomo, un falegname
i suoi seguaci sinceri e senza paura
solo uno sporco piccolo codardo chiamato ‎Giuda Iscariota
fece gettare Gesù Cristo nella tomba‎

Egli andò dal sacerdote, andò dallo sceriffo
e disse a tutti la stessa cosa:‎
‎“Vendi tutti i tuoi gioielli e dai il ricavato al ‎povero”‎
E quelli gettarono Gesù Cristo nella tomba

Quando Gesù venne in città, tutta la gente umile ‎che lo seguiva
credette a ciò che egli andava dicendo
Ma i banchieri e i sacerdoti, quelli lo ‎inchiodarono alla croce
Loro gettarono Gesù Cristo nella tomba

E la gente rimase col fiato sospeso quando ‎appresero della sua morte.‎
Tutti si chiesero perché
fossero stati il grande ‎possidente e i soldati al suo soldo
ad inchiodare Gesù Cristo contro il cielo.‎

Questa canzone è stata scritta a New York City
anche qui ci sono i ricchi, i sacerdoti e gli ‎schiavi.‎
Se Gesù fosse venuto qui a dire quel che predicò ‎in Galilea
Anche qui avrebbero gettato il povero Gesù ‎nella tomba.
JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through this land;
A carpenter, true and brave;
Said to the rich, "Give your goods to the poor",
So they laid Jesus Christ in His grave. ‎

Jesus was a man, a carpenter by hand;
Carpenter true and brave;
And a dirty little coward called Judas Iscariot
Laid Jesus Christ in His grave. ‎

The people of the land took Jesus by the hand,
They followed Him far and wide;
‎"I come not to bring you peace, but a sword",
So they killed Jesus Christ on the sly. ‎

He went to the sick, he went to the poor;
And he went to the hungry and the lame;
Said that the poor would one day win this world,
And so they laid Jesus Christ in His grave. ‎

They nailed Him there to die on a cross in the sky,
In the lightning, the thunder and the rain.
Judas Iscariot committed suicide
When they laid poor Jesus Christ in his grave. ‎

One day Jesus stopped at a rich man's door.
‎"What must I do to be saved?"
‎"You must take all your goods and give it to the poor",
And so they laid Jesus Christ in His grave. ‎

They nailed Him there to die on a cross in the sky,
In the lightning, the thunder and the rain.
Judas Iscariot committed suicide
When they laid poor Jesus Christ in his grave. ‎

When the love of the poor shall one day turn to hate,
When the patience of the workers gives away;
‎"Would be better for you rich if you never had been born",
So they laid Jesus Christ in His grave. ‎

This song was written in New York City,
Of rich man, preachers, and slaves;
Yes, if Jesus was to preach like He preached in Galillee,
They would lay Jesus Christ in His grave. ‎


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