Jesus Christ
Woody GuthrieOriginal | La 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 |