Jesus Christ - Kate Campbell

Jesus Christ was a man

Who traveled through the land

A hard working man and brave

He said to the rich

Give your goods 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

But they laid

Jesus Christ in his grave

When Jesus come to town

All the working folks around

Believed what he did say

The bankers and the preachers

They nailed him on a cross

Then they laid

Jesus Christ in his grave

The poor working people

They followed him around

They sung and they shouted gay

The cops and the soldiers

They nailed him in the air

And they laid

Jesus Christ in his grave

Well the people held their breath

When they heard about his death

And everybody wondered why

It was the landlord

And the soldiers that he hired

To nail Jesus Christ in the sky

This song

Was written in New York City

Of rich man

Preacher and slave

But if Jesus was to preach

Like he preached in Galilee

They would lay

Jesus Christ in his grave