Jesse James - Pete Seeger

Jesse James was a lad

He killed many a man

He robbed the Glendale train

He took from the rich

And he gave to the poor

He'd a hand and a heart

And a brain

Well Jesse had a wife

To mourn for his life

Three children they were brave

Well that dirty little coward

That shot Mr Howard

He laid poor Jesse in his grave

It was on a Saturday night

When the moon

Was shining bright

They robbed the Glendale train

Well Jesse had a wife

To mourn for his life

Three children

They were brave

But that dirty little coward

That shot Mr Howard

He's laid poor Jesse in his grave

All the people held their breath

When they heard of Jesse's death

They wondered how he'd ever

Come to fall

Robert Ford it's a fact

Shot Jesse in the back

While Jesse hung a picture

On the wall

Well Jesse had a wife

To mourn for his life

Three children

They were brave

Well that dirty little coward

That shot Mr Howard

He laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well Jesse was a man

He'd never rober mother or her child

He took from the rich

And he gave to the poor

Well Jesse had a wife

To mourn for his life

Three children

They were brave

Well that dirty little coward

That shot Mr Howard

He's laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well Jesse had a wife

To mourn for his life

Three children

They were brave

Well that dirty little coward

That shot Mr Howard

He's laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well Jesse had a wife

To mourn for his life

Three children

They were brave

Well that dirty little coward

That shot Mr Howard

He's laid poor Jesse in his grave