JESSE JAMES (Another version)
I'll tell you about Jesse and Frank James
My grandfather was personally acquainted with them
My grandfather lived in the southern edge of Baxter County,
Arkansas
And they stayed all night with him lots of nights
And my grandfather told me there was a lot of those robberies
that was layed to Jesse and Frank James
And he knew they didn't do it 'cause they was at his place when
it happened
But you couldn't tell the public that
When they get their minds made up that somebody's done something
Why the public's gonna stick to it anyway
My grandfather, he knew them as boys
And they could come to his place and go without anybody paying
attention 'cause nobody expected them
Down in Arkansas, see, 'cause they was from Missouri
Now that's the story that my grandfather told me when I was just
a boy
And he said that Frank James, at that World's Fair,
I think it was 1901 in St. Louis him and Jesse were both there
My grandfather and Frank James were together there
And that Frank James offered to bring Jesse there alive
He said that the man that the Ford boys killed wasn't Jesse
James at all
But the fellow they killed was just about the size of Jesse and
he was red headed
And he wasn't any relation to the Fords
See, Jesse James was a known cousin to Charles and Bob Ford
That's what my grandfather said
He said Jesse and Frank were not even in that part of the
country when that fellow was killed
And the Ford boys, why, they collected a thousand dollars for
killing Jesse James!
Now the song says that the Ford boys killed Jesse
None of us up here in the mountains believe that, no sir!
JESSE JAMES (Outra versão)
Vou te contar sobre Jesse e Frank James
Meu avô conhecia eles pessoalmente
Meu avô morava na parte sul do Condado de Baxter,
Arkansas
E eles passavam a noite com ele várias noites
E meu avô me disse que muitos desses assaltos
foram atribuídos a Jesse e Frank James
E ele sabia que eles não fizeram isso porque estavam na casa dele quando
aconteceu
Mas você não podia contar isso pro público
Quando eles decidem que alguém fez algo
O público vai acreditar nisso de qualquer jeito
Meu avô, ele os conhecia desde pequenos
E eles podiam ir e vir na casa dele sem ninguém notar
porque ninguém esperava por eles
Lá em Arkansas, entende, porque eles eram do Missouri
Agora essa é a história que meu avô me contou quando eu era só
um garoto
E ele disse que Frank James, naquela Feira Mundial,
acho que foi em 1901 em St. Louis, ele e Jesse estavam lá
Meu avô e Frank James estavam juntos lá
E que Frank James se ofereceu pra trazer Jesse vivo
Ele disse que o homem que os irmãos Ford mataram não era Jesse
James de jeito nenhum
Mas o cara que eles mataram era quase do tamanho do Jesse e
era ruivo
E ele não tinha nenhuma relação com os Fords
Veja, Jesse James era primo conhecido de Charles e Bob Ford
Foi o que meu avô disse
Ele disse que Jesse e Frank nem estavam naquela parte do
país quando aquele cara foi morto
E os irmãos Ford, bem, eles ganharam mil dólares por
matar Jesse James!
Agora a música diz que os irmãos Ford mataram Jesse
Nenhum de nós aqui nas montanhas acredita nisso, não senhor!