Jesse James was a lad who killed many a man.
He robbed the Glendale train.
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor,
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The Long-Riders is a great movie about the James/Younger gang, and this song is featured in it.
Jesse James is an American folk song about the outlaw of the same name, first recorded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1924.