| Jesus Christ was a man
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| Who traveled through the land
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| A hard working man and brave
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| He said to the rich
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| Give your goods to the poor
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| But they laid
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| Jesus Christ in his grave
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| Jesus was a man
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| A carpenter by hand
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| His followers true and brave
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| One dirty little coward
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| Called Judas Iscariot
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| Has laid
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| Jesus Christ in his grave
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| He went to the preacher
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| He went to the sheriff
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| He told them all the same
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| Sell all of your jewelry
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| And give it to the poor
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| But they laid
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| Jesus Christ in his grave
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| When Jesus come to town
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| All the working folks around
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| Believed what he did say
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| The bankers and the preachers
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| They nailed him on a cross
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| Then they laid
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| Jesus Christ in his grave
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| The poor working people
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| They followed him around
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| They sung and they shouted gay
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| The cops and the soldiers
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| They nailed him in the air
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| And they laid
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| Jesus Christ in his grave
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| Well the people held their breath
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| When they heard about his death
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| And everybody wondered why
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| It was the landlord
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| And the soldiers that he hired
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| To nail Jesus Christ in the sky |
| This song
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| Was written in New York City
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| Of rich man
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| Preacher and slave
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| But if Jesus was to preach
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| Like he preached in Galilee
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| They would lay
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| Jesus Christ in his grave |