| Jesse James, we understand
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| Has killed him many a man
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| He robbed the Union trains
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| He stole from the rich
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| He gave to the poor
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| He had a hand and a heart and a brain
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| Well it was on Saturday night
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| The stars were shining bright
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| They robbed the Glendale train
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| And the people they did say
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| For many miles away
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| It was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James
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| Now Jesse had a wife
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| Lived a lady all her life
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| Her children they were brave
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| Ah, but history does record
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| That Bob and Charlie Ford
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| Have laid poor Jesse in his grave
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| Well it was Bob and Charlie Ford
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| Those dirty little cowards
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| I wonder how they feel
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| For they ate of Jesse’s bread
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| They slept in Jesse’s bed
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| They laid poor Jesse in his grave
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| Now Jesse had a wife
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| Lived a lady all her life
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| Her children they were brave
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| But history does record
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| That Bob and Charlie Ford
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| Have laid poor Jesse in his grave
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| Now Jesse had a wife
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| Lived a lady all her life
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| Her children they were brave
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| Now history does record
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| That Bob and Charlie Ford
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| Have laid poor Jesse in his grave
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| Well the people held their breath
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| They heard of Jesse’s death
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| They wondered how he come to fall
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| Well it was Robert Ford in fact
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| Who shot him in the back
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| While he hung a picture on the wall
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| Now Jesse had a wife
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| Lived a lady all her life
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| Her children they were brave
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| But history does record
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| That Bob and Charlie Ford
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| Have laid poor Jesse in his grave
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| But history does record
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| That Bob and Charlie Ford
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| Have laid poor Jesse, laid poor Jesse
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| Have laid Jesse James in his grave |