Bandit Cole Younger - Preston Young

I am a noted highwayman

Cole younger is my name

With deeds and desperation

That brought my name to shame

Robbing of the Northfield bank is a thing

I'll never deny

But which I will be sorry of

Until the day I die

We started for old texas

That grand old lone star state

'Twas there on Nebraska prairies

The james boys we did meet

With knives gun and revolvers

We all sit down to play

A game of good old poker to pass the time away

Across Nebraska prairies a Denver

Train we spied

I says to bob

We'll rob her as she goes rolling by

We saddled up our horses

Northwestward we did go

To the godforsaken country called minnie soh tee oh

I had my eye on the north field bank

When brother bob did say

Cole if you under to take the job

You'll always curse the day

We stationed out our pickets up

To the bank did go

'Twas there upon the counter

Boys we struck our fatal blow

Saying hand us out your money

Sir and make no long delay

We are the noted younger boys

And spend no time in play

The cashier being as true as steel

Refused our noted band

'Twas jesse james that pulled the trigger

That killed this noble man

We run for life

For death was near

Four hundred on our trail

We soon was overtaken and landed safe in jail

'Twas there in the still water jail we lay

A-wearing our lives away

Two james boys left to tell

The tale of the sad and fatal day