The song Jesse James is performed by Ry Cooder in the album named Music by Ry Cooder in the year 1995 .
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
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
Have laid poor Jesse, laid poor Jesse
Have laid Jesse James in his grave
Ry Cooder - Music by Ry Cooder
- Theme From Southern Comfort
- Theme From Alamo Bay
- Highway 23
- Bomber Bash
- Greenhouse
- Nice Bike
- I Like Your Eyes
- Main Theme
- Swamp Walk
- Angola
- The Long Riders
- Archie's Funeral (Hold To God's Unchanging Hand)
- Jesse James
- King Of The Street
- Sunny's Tune
- No Quiero
- Cruising With Rafe
- Klan Meeting
- I Can't Walk This Time/The Prestige
- East St. Louis
- Goose and Lucky
- Goyakla Is Coming
- Canoes Upstream
- Maria
- Bound For Canaan (Sieber and Davis)
- Train To Florida