Lyrics

He was born near Hale Missouri

On the day that Vicksburg fell

And heaven hath no fury

like a boy raised up in hell

He heard about Frank and Jesse

And how they robbed to feed the poor

But he robbed to suit his pleasure

and killed for nothing more

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Dead or alive read his bounty

30 notches on his gun

The meanest man in Cochise County

picked the wrong place to run

Riding out to California

Where no law had heard his name

Near the bright San Pedro Valley

Like a moth drawn to a flame

He hired with Johnny Ringo

Curly Bill and Texas Jack

He loaned his soul to the devil

But he'll never get it back