JESSE JAMES

歌詞

How, the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse's death Wondered how he came to die For the big reward, that little Robert Ford Shot Jesse James on the sly It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward I wonder how he does feel For he ate Jesse's bread, and he slept in Jesse's bed And he laid Jesse James in his grave Jesse leaves a wife that will mourn all her life The children that he left will pray For Bob Ford, the coward, that shot Mr. Howard And laid Jesse James in his grave Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor He'd never see a man suffer pain But with his brother Frank, he robbed the Springfield Bank And stopped the Glendale train It was his brother Frank, that robbed the Gallatin bank And carried the money from the town It was in this very place, they had a little chase And they shot Captain Sheets to the ground Jesse leaves a wife that will mourn all her life The children that he left will pray For Bob Ford, the coward, that shot Mr. Howard And laid Jesse James in his grave They went to the cross'em, not very far from there And there they did the same For the agent on his knees, delivered up the keys To the outlaws Frank and Jesse James Was on a Saturday night, and Jesse was at home Talking with his family brave Bob Ford came along, like a thief in the night And laid Jesse James in his grave Oh, they laid poor Jesse in his grave; yes, lord They laid poor Jesse in his grave Oh, he took from the rich, and he gave it to the poor But they laid Jesse James in his grave Jesse went to his rest with his hand on his breast The devil will be upon his knee He was poor one day in the county of Clay And he came from a solitary race Now, men when you go out into the West Never be afraid to die They had the law in their hand, but they didn't have the sand To take Jesse James alive Jesse leaves a wife that will mourn all her life The children that he left will pray For Bob Ford, the coward, that shot Mr. Howard And laid Jesse James in his grave Oh, they laid poor Jesse in his grave; yes, lord They laid poor Jesse in his grave Oh, he took from the rich, and he gave it to the poor But they laid Jesse James in his grave