Jesse James was a lad 杰西·詹姆斯是个小伙子

That killed many a man 那杀了很多人

He robbed the Glendale train 他抢在格伦代尔列车

He stole from the rich 他从丰富的偷

And he gave to the poor 他给了穷人

He'd a hand and a heart and a brain 他会一只手和心脏和大脑

   

Well it was Robert Ford 那么这是罗伯特·福特

That dirty little coward 那个肮脏的小懦夫

I wonder now how he feels 我现在不知道他的感受

For he ate of Jesse's bread 因为他吃了杰西的面包

And he slept in Jesse's bed 他在杰西的床上睡

And he laid poor Jesse in his grave 他奠定了可怜的杰西在他的坟墓

   

Well Jesse had a wife 以及杰西有妻子

To mourn for his life 为了悼念他的生命

Three children 三个孩子

Now they were brave 现在，他们是勇敢的

Well that dirty little coward 那么这肮脏的小懦夫

That shot Mr. Howard 那一枪霍华德先生

And he laid poor Jesse in his grave 他奠定了可怜的杰西在他的坟墓

   

Well now Jesse was a man 现在好了，杰西是个男人

A friend to the poor 一个朋友给穷人

He'd never rob a mother or a child 他从来没有抢劫的母亲或孩子

There never was a man with 从来没有一个男人

the law in his hand 他手中的法

That could take Jesse James when alive 这可能活着的时候把杰西·詹姆斯

   

It was on a Saturday night 那是一个星期六的晚上

Yeah the moon was 是的，月亮是

shinin' bright 照耀光明

They robbed 他们抢劫

the Glendale train 格伦代尔列车

And the people they did say 和人民，他们没有说

o'er many miles away 光彩许多英里远

It was those outlaws yeah Frank 这是那些亡命之徒啊弗兰克

and Jesse James 和杰西詹姆斯

   

Well Jesse had a wife 以及杰西有妻子

To mourn for his life 为了悼念他的生命

Three children 三个孩子

Now they were brave 现在，他们是勇敢的

Well that dirty little coward 那么这肮脏的小懦夫

That shot Mr. Howard 那一枪霍华德先生

And he laid poor Jesse in his grave 他奠定了可怜的杰西在他的坟墓

   

Now the people held 现在，人们举行

their breath 他们的呼吸

When they heard of 当他们听说

Jesse's death 杰西之死

They wondered how 他们想知道

he'd ever come to fall 他会真的来临回落

Robert Ford it was a fact 罗伯特·福特，这是一个事实，

He shot Jesse in the back 他拍摄杰西在后面

While Jesse hung a picture 尽管杰西挂着一幅图片

on a wall 在墙上

   

Now Jesse went to rest with 现在杰西去休息了

his hand on his breast 他的手放在他的胸膛

The devil upon his knee 在他的膝盖魔鬼

he was born one day in 他出生一天

the County Clay 县泥

And he came from 他是从哪里来的

a solitary race 一个孤独的比赛

   

Well Jesse had a wife 以及杰西有妻子

To mourn for his life 为了悼念他的生命

Three children 三个孩子

Now they were brave 现在，他们是勇敢的

Well that dirty little coward 那么这肮脏的小懦夫

That shot Mr. Howard 那一枪霍华德先生

And he laid poor Jesse in his grave 他奠定了可怜的杰西在他的坟墓