I am a noted highwayman

voiceSung by Oran Beasle y Heber Springs, Ark Dec 23, 1963 Reel 426, Item 4 **COLE YOUNGER** 1. I am a noted highwayman, Cole Younger is my name, Through many a depredation, I've brought my friends to shame. The robbing of the east-bound train, The same I can't deny, Now I am a poor prisoner, In water jail I lie. 2. Out of my bold robberies, This story I will tell, A rich California miner, With him I used to dwell. I robbed him of his money, boys, And bid him go his way, The same I will be sorry for, Until my dying day. 3. We rode out to Texas, Twas like a starry sheet, There upon the prairies, The James Boys we did meet. With knives, guns, and revolvers, We all sat down to play, A drinking a lotta good whiskey boys To pass the time away. 4. The next thing that was on our mind, Was to rob the east-bound train, Crimes done by bloody hands, Bring tears into my eyes. Fireman, engineerman killed, Conductor escapes alive, And now their bodies lie motionless, Beneath the starry skies. Recorded and edited Tom Beasley (11)Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation