Jesse James Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FGHE CBIB JBKL MEJE NOPO QRKS QTQT| Jesse James was a lad who killed many a man | A |
| He robbed the Glendale train | B |
| He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor | C |
| He d a hand and a heart and a brain | B |
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| Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life | D |
| Three children they were brave | E |
| But that dirty little coward that shot Mister Howard | F |
| Has laid Jesse James in his grave | E |
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| It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward | F |
| I wonder how he does feel | G |
| For he ate of Jesse s bread and he slept in Jesse s bed | H |
| Then he laid Jesse James in his grave | E |
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| Jesse was a man a friend to the poor | C |
| He d never see a man suffer pain | B |
| And with his brother Frank he robbed the Chicago bank | I |
| And stopped the Glendale train | B |
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| It was on a Wednesday night the moon was shining bright | J |
| He stopped the Glendale train | B |
| And the people all did say for many miles away | K |
| It was robbed by Frank and Jesse James | L |
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| It was on a Saturday night Jesse was at home | M |
| Talking to his family brave | E |
| Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night | J |
| And laid Jesse James in his grave | E |
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| The people held their breath when they heard of Jesse s death | N |
| And wondered how he ever came to die | O |
| It was one of the gang called little Robert Ford | P |
| That shot Jesse James on the sly | O |
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| Jesse went to his rest with his hand on his breast | Q |
| The devil will be upon his knee | R |
| He was born one day in the county of Clay | K |
| And he came from a solitary race | S |
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| This song was made by Billy Gashade | Q |
| As soon as the news did arrive | T |
| He said there was no man with the law in his hand | Q |
| Could take Jesse James when alive | T |
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