JESSE JAMES (Another version)

JESSE JAMES (Outra versão)

JESSE JAMES (Another version)

Vou te contar sobre Jesse e Frank JamesI'll tell you about Jesse and Frank James
Meu avô conhecia eles pessoalmenteMy grandfather was personally acquainted with them
Meu avô morava na parte sul do Condado de Baxter,My grandfather lived in the southern edge of Baxter County,
ArkansasArkansas
E eles passavam a noite com ele várias noitesAnd they stayed all night with him lots of nights
E meu avô me disse que muitos desses assaltosAnd my grandfather told me there was a lot of those robberies
foram atribuídos a Jesse e Frank Jamesthat was layed to Jesse and Frank James
E ele sabia que eles não fizeram isso porque estavam na casa dele quandoAnd he knew they didn't do it 'cause they was at his place when
aconteceuit happened
Mas você não podia contar isso pro públicoBut you couldn't tell the public that
Quando eles decidem que alguém fez algoWhen they get their minds made up that somebody's done something

O público vai acreditar nisso de qualquer jeitoWhy the public's gonna stick to it anyway
Meu avô, ele os conhecia desde pequenosMy grandfather, he knew them as boys
E eles podiam ir e vir na casa dele sem ninguém notarAnd they could come to his place and go without anybody paying
porque ninguém esperava por elesattention 'cause nobody expected them
Lá em Arkansas, entende, porque eles eram do MissouriDown in Arkansas, see, 'cause they was from Missouri
Agora essa é a história que meu avô me contou quando eu era sóNow that's the story that my grandfather told me when I was just
um garotoa boy
E ele disse que Frank James, naquela Feira Mundial,And he said that Frank James, at that World's Fair,
acho que foi em 1901 em St. Louis, ele e Jesse estavam láI think it was 1901 in St. Louis him and Jesse were both there
Meu avô e Frank James estavam juntos láMy grandfather and Frank James were together there
E que Frank James se ofereceu pra trazer Jesse vivoAnd that Frank James offered to bring Jesse there alive
Ele disse que o homem que os irmãos Ford mataram não era JesseHe said that the man that the Ford boys killed wasn't Jesse
James de jeito nenhumJames at all
Mas o cara que eles mataram era quase do tamanho do Jesse eBut the fellow they killed was just about the size of Jesse and
era ruivohe was red headed
E ele não tinha nenhuma relação com os FordsAnd he wasn't any relation to the Fords
Veja, Jesse James era primo conhecido de Charles e Bob FordSee, Jesse James was a known cousin to Charles and Bob Ford
Foi o que meu avô disseThat's what my grandfather said
Ele disse que Jesse e Frank nem estavam naquela parte doHe said Jesse and Frank were not even in that part of the
país quando aquele cara foi mortocountry when that fellow was killed
E os irmãos Ford, bem, eles ganharam mil dólares porAnd the Ford boys, why, they collected a thousand dollars for
matar Jesse James!killing Jesse James!
Agora a música diz que os irmãos Ford mataram JesseNow the song says that the Ford boys killed Jesse
Nenhum de nós aqui nas montanhas acredita nisso, não senhor!None of us up here in the mountains believe that, no sir!