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 *** Song by Woody Guthrie sung by Merle Haggard