Jesse James
Went down to the station, not many days ago Did something I'll never do again I got down on my knees and selivered up the keys To Frank and his brother, Jesse James O, Jesse leaves a wife, she's a mourner all her life And the children, they were brave But the dirty little coward, he shot Mister Howard And he laid poor Jesse in his grave O, Jesse was a man and friend to the poor He would never see a man suffer pain But with he brother Frank, he robbed the Chicago bank And he stopped the Glendale train * Refrain O, the people in the West, when they heard of Jesse's death They wondered how he came to die It was Ford's pistol ball brought him tumbling from the wall And it laid poor Jesse down to die * Refrain Now Jesse goes to rest with his hands upon his breast And the devil will be upon his knees He was born one day in the county of Clay And he came from a solitary race * Refrain This song it 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 * Refrain