Language   

Jesus Christ

Woody Guthrie
Back to the song page with all the versions


OriginalLa versione di Merle Haggard
JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ was a man who traveled through ‎the land
A hard-working man and brave
He said to the rich, "Give your money to the ‎poor,"
But they laid Jesus Christ in His grave

Jesus was a man, a carpenter by hand
His followers true and brave
One dirty little coward called Judas Iscariot
Has laid Jesus Christ in His Grave

He went to the preacher, He went to the sheriff
He told them all the same
‎"Sell all of your jewelry and give it to the poor,"
And they laid Jesus Christ in His grave.‎

When Jesus come to town, all the working folks ‎around
Believed what he did say
But the bankers and the preachers, they nailed ‎Him on the cross,
And they laid Jesus Christ in his grave.‎

And the people held their breath when they ‎heard about his death
Everybody wondered why
It was the big landlord and the soldiers that they ‎hired
To nail Jesus Christ in the sky

This song was written in New York City
Of rich mans, preachers, and slaves
If Jesus was to preach what He preached in ‎Galilee,
They would lay poor Jesus in His grave.‎
JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through the land
A carpenter true and brave
He said to the rich give your goods to the poor
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

He went to the sick and he went to the poor
And he went to the hungry and the lame
And he said that the meek would inherit the whole world
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

One day Jesus stopped at a rich man’s door
What must I do to be saved
Take all you own and give it to the poor
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

When the love of the poor shall one day turn to hate
When the patience of the workers give away
Would be better for the rich if they never been born
So they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

When Jesus came to town all the working folks around
Believed what he did say
But bankers and preachers nailed him to the cross
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

Well the people held their breath when they heard about his death
And everybody wondered why
Was the landlord and soldiers lawmen there had hired
That nailed Jesus Christ in the sky

We would lay Jesus Christ in the grave Lord Lord
We would lay Jesus Christ in the grave
And if Jesus preached today like he preached in Galilee
We would lay Jesus Christ in his grave


Back to the song page with all the versions

Main Page

Note for non-Italian users: Sorry, though the interface of this website is translated into English, most commentaries and biographies are in Italian and/or in other languages like French, German, Spanish, Russian etc.




hosted by inventati.org