THEY LAID JESUS CHRIST IN HIS GRAVE
Created on 05/01/2026Latest update on 05/01/2026
Artist: Woody Guthrie
Author: Woody Guthrie
Label: L.o.C./Elektra/Rounder
Year: 1940
Introduced as "here's another outlaw song", following Pretty Boy Floyd for Alan Lomax' Library of Congress recording session and interview, released on 12" Elektra album (6 LP's), three hours reissued on Rounder cd box set in '88. This song was first released on Asch 78rpm in '44 as Jesus Christ.
Covers:
- 1960:
Bob Dylan [as Jesus Christ in Minneapolis, MN, released on Bootleg Series Vol. 18 - Through The Open Window 1956-1963 ('25)]
- 1961:
Cisco Houston [idem]
- 1972:
Arlo Guthrie [idem; on A Tribute To Woody Guthrie Part Two (WB)]
- 1988:
U2 [idem, feat. Bruce Springsteen; on Folkways - A Vision Shared, Tribute To Lead Belly & Woody Guthrie]
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- 1941
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- 1941
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- 1944
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- 1944
- HEY LOLLY LOLLY
- 1944
- LADIES' AUXILIARY
- 1944
- SALLY DON'T YOU GRIEVE
- 1944
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- 1945
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- 1945
- LUDLOW MASSACRE, THE
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- 1947
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- 1947
- RAMBLIN' ROUND
- 1951
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- 1965
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- 1935
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- 1940
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- LONESOME ROAD BLUES
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- 1940
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- 1940
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- 1940
- TALKING BLUES
- 1940
- LORD DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE NO FRIEND LIKE YOU
- 1940
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- 1940s
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- BUDDED ROSE
- 1940s
- KEEP MY SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY
- 1941
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- MULE SKINNER BLUES
- 1941
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- 1941
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- 1941
- TALKING BLUES
- 1941
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- 1942
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- 1942
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- 1944
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- 1944
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- 1944
- DANVILLE GIRL
- 1944
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- 1944
- HOBO'S LULLABY
- 1944
- PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE
- 1944
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- 1944
- MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR
- 1944
- STEWBALL
- 1944
- I'M NINE HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME
- 1944
- (WHAT YOU GOING TO DO) WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE
- 1944
- SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN
- 1944
- JOHN HARDY
- 1944
- WHO'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET
- 1944
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- 1944
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- 1944
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- 1944
- DEATH'S BLACK TRAIN IS COMING
- 1944
- OLD GREY GOOSE, THE
- 1944
- IDA RED
- 1944
- RYE STRAW
- 1944
- DOLLAR DOWN AND A DOLLAR A WEEK, A
- 1944
- CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT MISTER
- 1945
- SALLY GOODIN'
- 1945
- GIRL I LOVED IN SUNNY TENNESSEE, THE
- 1945
- PO' LAZARUS
- 1945
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- 1946
- BUFFALO GALS (WON'T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT?)
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- 1947
- CUMBERLAND GAP
- 1947
- TALKING BLUES
- 1949
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- 1952
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- 1953
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- 1954
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- 1957
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- 1962
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- 1963
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- 1963
- CHAIN GANG SPECIAL
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