Jesse James (Traditional)                             soon as the news did arrive.  He said there       
                                                      was no man with the law in his hand Who could     
Jesse James was a lad, he killed many a man, He       take Jesse James when alive.                      
robbed the Glendale train.  He stole from the                                                           
rich and he gave to the poor, He'd a hand and a       [chorus]                                          
heart and a brain.                                                                                      
                                                                                                        
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    Oh, Jesse had a wife to mourn for his                                                               
    life. Three children, they were brave.                                                              
    But that dirty little coward that shot                                                              
    Mister Howard Has laid poor Jesse in                                                                
    his grave.                                                                                          
                                                                                                        
It was on a Saturday night, the moon was shining                                                        
bright, They robbed the Glendale train.  With                                                           
the agent on his knees, he delivered up the keys                                                        
To the outlaws Frank and Jesse James.                                                                   
                                                                                                        
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The people held their breath when they heard of                                                         
Jesse's death, They wondered how he ever came to                                                        
fail.  Robert Ford, it was a fact, shot Jesse                                                           
in the back While Jesse hung a picture on the                                                           
wall.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                        
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Oh, Jesse was a man, a friend of the poor, He'd                                                         
never rob a mother or a child.  He stole from                                                           
the rich and he gave to the poor, So they shot                                                          
Jesse James on the sly.                                                                                 
                                                                                                        
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Well, this song was made by Billy Gashade As