Jesse James

Jesse James, we understand, has killed him many a man

He robbed the union trains

He stole from the rich, he gave to the poor

He had a hand and a heart and a brain

Well, it was on a Saturday night, the stars were shining bright

They robbed the Glendale train

And the people they did say for many miles away

It was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James

Now Jesse had a wife, lived a lady all her life

Her children they were brave

Ah, but history does record that Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well, it was Bob and Charlie Ford, those dirty little cowards

I wonder how they feel

For they ate of Jesse's bread, they slept in Jesse's bed

They laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now Jesse had a wife, lived a lady all her life

Her children they were brave

But history does record that Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now Jesse had a wife, lived a lady all her life

Her children they were brave

But history does record that Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well, the people held their breath, they heard of Jesse's death

They wondered how he'd come to fall

Well, it was Robert Ford, in fact, who shot him in the back

While he hung a picture on the wall

Now Jesse had a wife, lived a lady all her life

Her children they were brave

But history does record that Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

But history does record that Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse

Laid poor Jesse

Have laid Jesse James in his grave