Intro
Verse 1
Jesse James Was A Lad That Killed Many A Man, He
Robbed The Danville Train... But That
Dirty Little Coward Who Shot Mr Howard Has
Laid Poor Jesse In His Grave. Poor
Jesse Had A Wife To Mourn For His Life, Three
Children, They Were Brave... But The
Dirty Little Coward That Shot Mr Howard Has
Laid Poor Jesse In His Grave!
Verse 2
Jesse Was A Man, A Friend To The Poor, He'd
Never See A Man Suffer Pain. And
With His Brother Frank He Robbed The Chicago Bank And
Stopped The Glendale Train. It Was
Wednesday Night, The Moon Was Shining Bright, They
Robbed The Glendale Train... The
People, They Did Say, For Many Miles Away, "It Was
Robbed By Frank And Jesse James!"
Solo
It Was
Verse 3
With His Brother Frank They Robbed The Gallatin Bank, And
Carried The Money From The Town. It Was
In This Very Place That They Had A Little Race. They
Shot Captain Sheets To The Ground. They
Went To The 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!
Verse 4
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. It Was
Robert Ford, That Dirty Little Coward, I
Wonder How He Did Feel? For He
Ate Of Jesse's Bread, Slept In Jesse's Bed, Then
Laid Poor Jesse In His Grave. Now The
Verse 5
People Held Their Breath When They Heard Of Jesse's Death, And
Wondered How He Came To Die. It Was
One Of His Own Gang, Called Little Robert Ford, Who
Shot Poor Jesse On The Sly. Jesse
Went To His Rest With His Hand On His Breast, And The
Devil Will Surely Be On His Knee. He Was
Born One Day In The County Of Clay,
Came From A Solitary Race. This
Verse 6
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 Could
Take Jesse James When Alive. Jesse
Outro
James Was A Lad That Killed Many A Man, He
Robbed The Danville Train... But That
Dirty Little Coward Who Shot Mr Howard Has
Laid Poor Jesse In His Grave. In His
Grave...
