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