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Jes-se James was a lad
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w-ho killed man-y a man,
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He robbed the Glen-dale train.
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H-e stole from the rich
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and he gave to the poor,
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He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
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Poor Jes-se had a wife
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to mourn for his life,
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Three chil-dren they were brave;
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But that dirt-y lit-tle cow-ard
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who shot Mis-ter How-ard
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has laid po-or Jes-se in his grave.