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Artist: Woody Guthrie
Canonical path: /guthrie-woody/jesse-james
Related lyric paths: 6
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Jesse James
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Jesse James
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Just about the worst gun battle ever out on the western plains
When me and a bunch of cowboys went running with jesse james
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
Run into jesse james, boys, run into jesse james
The guns went off like thunder and the bullets fell like rain
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
The guns went off like lightning and the bullets fell like hail
Was on our way to denver on the old dodge city trail
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
And in that bloody battle with frank and jesse james
My partners fell around me with bullets in their brains
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
Frank and jesse james, boys, they robbed that midnight mail
The bank and express station and broke the county jail
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
If you're afraid to fight, boys, if you're afraid to die
You'd better stay out of the badlands where the red hot bullets fly
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
If you're afraid of dying, if you're afraid of death
You'd better stay at home, boys, stay out of jesse's path
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
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