Jesse James

Song Jesse James
Artist Woody Guthrie
Album This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1

Lyrics

[00:07.91] Just about the worst gun battle ever out on the western plains
[00:18.07] When me and a bunch of cowboys went running with Jesse James
[00:23.08] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[00:29.02] Run into Jesse James, boys, run into Jesse James
[00:39.61] The guns went off like thunder and the bullets fell like rain
[00:45.51] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[00:51.45] The guns went off like lightning and the bullets fell like hail
[01:04.14] Was on our way to Denver on the old Dodge City trail
[01:13.02] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[01:18.84] And in that bloody battle with Frank and Jesse James
[01:28.57] My partners fell around me with bullets in their brains
[01:37.60] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[01:43.70] Frank and Jesse James, boys, they robbed that midnight mail
[01:53.43] The bank and express station and broke the county jail
[01:59.27] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[02:04.83] If you're afraid to fight, boys, if you're afraid to die
[02:13.69] You'd better stay out of the Badlands where the red hot bullets fly
[02:21.62] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[02:28.34] If you're afraid of dying, if you're afraid of death
[02:39.76] You'd better stay at home, boys, stay out of Jesse's path
[02:47.86] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea
[02:53.59] Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea