I went riding down in Texas, to a place called Demon�s Grove,
Where once I went a-courting, with a girl all dressed in mauve,
With a face just like an angel, and hair of Autumn brown,
But her daddy didn�t like me, and he ran me out of town.
CHORUS:
One more town upon my travels, but no welcome can be found,
Another place that won�t accept me, another town that�s out of bounds,
And I can�t get me no water, to have myself a shave,
I�ll be perched upon this saddle, till I�m lying in my grave.
Five miles on I reached a bridge, and from there I spied a ranch,
Beside the house there stood a tree, with a noose upon a branch,
I saw a poster of a man like me, and when I went to check,
The cowhands turned to look at me, they�d been waiting for my neck.
(CHORUS)
Through the dust and choking heat, I came unto a shack,
Where a man lay dead upon the porch, with a knife stuck in his back,
His wife just sat there weeping, but I felt no sympathy,
And I couldn�t face her children, cos the murderer was me.
Now twenty years have passed away, but still I must go on,
My horse is just a skeleton, my beard is getting long,
And I lose track of all the folk, I meet along the way,
Who force me on the trail again, until my dying day.
(CHORUS)
Jesse James was a lad who killed many a man
He robbed the Glendale train
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor
With a hand and a heart and a brain
CHORUS:
Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children they were brave
But that dirty little coward who shot down Mister Howard
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave
(FIRST BREAK)
Now Jesse's brother Frank had robbed the Galatin Bank
And taken the money from the town
It was at that very place they had a little race
And shot Captain Sheets to the ground
(CHORUS)
Now it was Robert Ford that lone little coward
I wonder what he does feel
Though he'd eat of Jesse's bread and he'd sleep in Jesse's bed
Still he laid poor Jesse in his grave
(CHORUS)
(SECOND BREAK)
It was on a summer's night when Jesse stayed at home
With his loving wife so brave
Robert Ford came in like a thief in the night
And laid poor Jesse in his grave
CHORUS
Farewell to you my own true love
I am going far away
I am bound for Californi-a
But I know that I'll return some day
CHORUS:
Farewell to you my own true love
I am going far away
I am bound for Californi-a
But I know that I'll return some day
I have shipped on to a Yankee sailing ship
Davy Crockett is her name
And Burgess is the Captain of her
And they say that she's a floating hell
(CHORUS)
Oh, the light is on the harbour love
And I wish I could remain
But I know it's gonna be some long time
Before I see you again
(CHORUS x 2)
The cock is a-crowing as the sun lifts her face
In rags and in squalor I sit in disgrace
The red dawn is rising but sinking for me
My life ebbs away like a cork on the sea
Alone in the corner unloved and despised
I�m lectured I�m pitied my ears are chastised
As a priest with his mantras plants words in my skull
The mob they are chanting they torment my soul
The cock is a-crowing as the sun lifts her face
In rags and in squalor I sit in disgrace
The red dawn is rising but sinking for me
My life ebbs away like a cork on the sea
They smother my dignity shatter my pride
Past dungeons and stone walls they drag me outside
To face my destruction my hopes they do fly
They say I�m a rebel and now I must die
The cock is a-crowing as the sun lifts her face
In rags and in squalor I sit in disgrace
The red dawn is rising but sinking for me
My life ebbs away like a cork on the sea
As I climb on the scaffold and there view my fate
I�m jostled and spat at �twixt pillars of hate
The hangman he greets me with heartless disdain
For such is his job and there�s money to gain
The cock is a-crowing as the sun lifts her face
In rags and in squalor I sit in disgrace
The red dawn is rising but sinking for me
My life ebbs away like a cork on the sea
As bold as a hunter but tethered and tamed
I�m verbally tortured my deeds they are shamed
The noose it is tightened the cloth binds my eyes
And obscures forever the bright morning skies
The cock is a-crowing as the sun lifts her face
In rags and in squalor I sit in disgrace
The red dawn is rising but sinking for me
My life ebbs away like a cork on the sea
No sermons no preaching I have nowt to say
I spoke through my actions and leave you this day
For those that remember pray speak well of me
The pit of damnation receives me with glee
The cock is a-crowing as the sun lifts her face
In rags and in squalor I sit in disgrace
The red dawn is rising but sinking for me
My life ebbs away like a cork on the sea
As I walked in a wayside tavern,
The smell of drink was in the air,
I threw my money on the counter,
This pretty maid was standing there.
My thoughts they drifted so far from me,
As I looked upon her lovely face,
I knew she was my kind of woman,
No-one could ever take her place.
(FIRST BREAK)
I said "When working hours are over",
"I would just love to see you home",
She said "Young man, this is my pleasure",
And soon we found ourselves alone.
And then our arms went round each other,
I felt a knife stick in her back,
She turned and saw her lover running,
And said his name was Barnum Jack.
(SECOND BREAK)
She did not know her lover followed
She did not know he was around
Until the fatal death had struck her,
And now she sleeps beneath the ground.
I sit alone tonight in prison,
My thoughts are of the one so fair,
That I met that night in the wayside tavern,
When the smell of drink was in the air.OUT OF BOUNDS (Words and music by Troy)
JESSE JAMES (Traditional)
THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL (Traditional)
RED DAWN RISING (Words & music by Troy)
THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAR (Words & music by CARTER STANLEY)
