| lyric | 1. Jesse James was a lad who killed many a man;
He robbed the Glendale train.
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor
with a hand and aheart and a brain.
Chorus:
Poor Jesse had a wife
to mourn for his life,
Three shildren, they were brave;
But that dirty little coward
that shot Mister Howard,
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave.
2. Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor,
He couldn’t see a man in pain;
And with his brother Frank he robbed the Chicago bank,
And stopped the Glendale train.
3. It was his brother Frank that robbed the Gallatin bank,
And carried the money from the town;
It was in this very place that they had a little race,
For they shot Captain Sheets to the ground.
4. They went to a crossing not very far from there,
And there they did the same; With the agent on his knees,
he delivered up the keys
To the outlaws, Frank and Jesse James.
5. It was on a Saturday night, Jesse was at home,
Talking with his family brave;
Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night
And laid poor Jesse in his grave.
6. It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward;
I wonder how he does feel,
For he ate of Jesse’s bread, and he slept in Jesse’s bed,
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave.
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2. It was on Wednesday night, the moon was shining bright,
they robbed the Glandale train.
The people, they did say for many miles away,
it was robbed by Frank and Jesse James.
3. It was on Saturday night, Jesse was at home,
talking to his family brave,
Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night
and laid poor Jesse in his grave.
4. All the people held their breath
when they heard of Jesse’s death
and wondered how he ever came to die.
It was one of his own gang-‚- called little Robert Ford,
he shot poor Jesse on the sly.
5. Oh, Jesse was a man, a friend of the poor,
he’d never rob a mother or a child;
he took from the rich and he gave to the poor,
so they shot Jesse James on the sly.
6. This song was made by Billy Gashade,
as soon as the news did arrive.
He said there was no man With the law in his hand,
who could take Jesse James when alive. |