Jesse James we understand
Has killed many a man
He robbed the Union trains
He stole from the rich
and gave to the poor
He'd a hand and a heart
and a brain
Well it was on 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 outlays
Frank and Jesse James
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Now Jesse had a wife
Lived a lady all her life
And children they were brave
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
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Well, the people held their breath,
they heard of Jesse's death
They wondered how he come to fall
It was Robert Ford, in fact, who shot
him in the back
While he hung a picture on the wall
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Well, history does record that Bob and Charlie Ford
Have laid poor Jesse, laid poor Jesse
Have laid Jesse James in his grave