The Ballad Of Jesse James

Jesse James was a lad who killed many men
He robbed the Danville train
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain

Jesse was a man who's a friend to the poor
He couldn't see man suffer pain
It was with his brother Frank
He robbed the Springfield Bank
and he stopped the Glendale train

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Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life
Two children they were brave
But that dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave

It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward
And I wonder how he did feel
For he slept in Jesse's bed, he took of Jesse's bread
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

Jesse went to his rest with his hand upon his breast
There were many who never saw his face
He was born one day in the county of Clay
He came from a solitary race

This song was made by Billy Gashade
As soon as the news did arrive
He said there's not a man with the law in his hand
Who'd ever take Jesse James alive