The Ballad Of The Carpenter
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Jesus was a working ma
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And a hero you will hea
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Born in the town of Bethlehe
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At the turning of the yea
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At the turning of the yea
When Jesus was a little la
Streets rang with his nam
For he argued with the older me
And put them all to sham
He put them all to sham
He became a wandering journeyma
And he traveled far and wid
And he noticed how wealth and povert
Live always side by sid
Live always side by sid
So he said "Come you working me
Farmers and weavers to
If you would only stand as on
This world belongs to yo
This world belongs to you"
When the rich men heard what the carpenter had don
To the Roman troops they ra
Saying put this rebel Jesus dow
He's a menace to God and ma
He's a menace to God and ma
The commander of the occupying troop
Just laughed and then he sai
"There's a cross to spare on Calvaries hil
By the weekend he'll be dea
By the weekend he'll be dead"
Now Jesus walked among the poo
For the poor were his own kin
And they'd never let them get near enoug
To take him from behin
To take him from behin
So they hired one of the traders trad
And an informer was h
And he sold his brother to the butchers me
For a fistful of silver mone
For a fistful of silver mone
And Jesus sat in the prison cel
And they beat him and offered him bribe
To desert the cause of his fellow ma
And work for the rich men's tribe
To work for the rich men's trib
And the sweat stood out on Jesus' bro
And the blood was in his ey
When they nailed his body to the Roman cros
And they laughed as they watched him di
They laughed as they watched him di
Two thousand years have passed and gon
Many a hero to
But the dream of this poor carpente
Remains in the hands of yo
Remains in the hands of you
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