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1. Jesse James was a lad
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   That killed many a man
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   He robbed the Glendale train
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   He stole from the rich
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   And he gave to the poor
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   He'd a hand and a heart and a brain
   
   Well it was Robert Ford
   That dirty little coward
   I wonder now how he feels
   For he ate of Jesse's bread
   And he slept in Jesse's bed
   And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

R: Well Jesse had a wife
   To mourn for his life
   Three children
   Now they were brave
   Well that dirty little coward
   That shot Mr. Howard
   And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

2. Well now Jesse was a man
   A friend to the poor
   He'd never rob a mother or a child
   There never was a man with
   the law in his hand
   That could take Jesse James when alive
   
   It was on a Saturday night
   Yeah the moon was
   shinin' bright
   They robbed
   the Glendale train
   And the people they did say
   o'er many miles away
   It was those outlaws yeah Frank
   and Jesse James

R: Well Jesse had a wife...

3. Now the people held
   their breath
   When they heard of
   Jesse's death
   They wondered how
   he'd ever come to fall
   Robert Ford it was a fact
   He shot Jesse in the back
   While Jesse hung a picture
   on a wall
   
   Now Jesse went to rest with
   his hand on his breast
   The devil upon his knee
   he was born one day in
   the County Clay
   And he came from
   a solitary race

R: Well Jesse had a wife...