LEGEND OF JESSE JAMES, THE
Title song from the 1965 TV Series
(Irving Gertz)

Studio Choir (TV Soundtrack) - 1965
Geoff Love & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1966




OPENING CREDITS:

Jesse James, Jesse James

He was cursed with a quick and reckless gun
Jesse James
And he played a game that no man ever won
Jesse James

But his killin' turned him cold
He grew bitter, he grew bold
And he fought the world
With a gold-hungry gun

Gold-hungry gun, gold-hungry gun
Lasting fame, the lasting shame
Of the man with the hungry gun
Jesse James, Jesse James


CLOSING CREDITS:

For his crimes, Jesse paid a fearful debt
Jesse James
And his life became a legend of regret
Jesse James

For he lived by guns alone
And he reaped what he had sown
And the world will not forgive nor forget
Jesse James, Jesse James

Gold-hungry gun, gold-hungry gun
Lasting fame, the lasting shame
Of the man with the hungry gun
Jesse James, Jesse James, Jesse James


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)