Here's the version from The [Nearly] Complete Collection of Woody Guthrie Folk Songs (Ludlow Music, 1963).


JESUS CHRIST
(Woody Guthrie)

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.

CHORUS
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 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 workin' 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.

(Sung to first sixteen measures)
This song was written in New York City,
Of rich man, preacher and stave,
But if Jesus was to preach like He preached at Galilee,
They would lay Jesus Christ in his grave.

Source: The [Nearly] Complete Collection of Woody Guthrie Folk Songs (Ludlow Music, 1963).