Jesus Christ was a man who travelled 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 jewellery 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 man, preacher, and slave   If Jesus was to preach what He preached in Galilee,   They would lay poor Jesus in His grave.