Undeserved But What A Great Song!
Jesse James we understand,
Has killed him many a man.
He robbed the Union trains!
But history does record,
That Bob and Charlie Ford
Have laid Jesse James in his grave
It was on a Saturday night
The stars were shining bright,
When they robbed that Union train!
And it was one of the Younger boys
He robbed the Union trains!
But history does record,
That Bob and Charlie Ford
Have laid Jesse James in his grave
It was on a Saturday night
The stars were shining bright,
When they robbed that Union train!
And it was one of the Younger boys
That gathered in the spoils,
And carried that money away.
In his small home unaware,
A-straightening pictures there
He thought he heard a noise-
And as he turned his head
Well, the bullet killed him dead.
Fired by Bob Ford, one of the boys.
Poor Jesse had a wife
She lived a lady all her life!
The children they were brave-
But history does record
That Bob and Charlie Ford,
A-straightening pictures there
He thought he heard a noise-
And as he turned his head
Well, the bullet killed him dead.
Fired by Bob Ford, one of the boys.
Poor Jesse had a wife
She lived a lady all her life!
The children they were brave-
But history does record
That Bob and Charlie Ford,
Have laid Jesse James in his grave.
Jesse James by Ry Cooder, from The Long Riders soundtrack. 1980.
Bob Ford was the dirty little coward that shot Mister Howard. (The
false name Jesse was living under). In April 3, 1882, after eating
breakfast, the Fords and James went into the living room before
traveling to Platte City. By reading the daily newspaper, James had just
learned of gang member Liddil's confession for participating in Hite's
murder and grew increasingly suspicious of the Fords for never reporting
this matter to him. According to Robert Ford, it became clear to him
that James had realized they were there to betray him. However, instead
of scolding the Fords, James walked across the living room to lay his
revolvers on a sofa. He turned around and noticed a dusty picture above
the mantel, and stood on a chair in order to clean it. Robert Ford drew
his weapon and shot James in the back of the head. Charlie was a
morphine addict and killed himself in 1884. Bob was shot by Ed O'Kelly
in 1892. They remain the most notorious Judas's in United States
history.
Christopher and Nicholas Guest hit it out of the park as the scumbag
Fords.
The Long Riders, 1980. d). Walter Hill. Huka Productions.
The Long Riders, 1980. d). Walter Hill. Huka Productions.
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