This Poem was Submitted By: William G. Cross On Date: 2000-10-04 06:13:16 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Olde West

                                                                                                                           He rides through the night                                       o'er the plain he takes flight                                       from the long arm of the law.                                          You see he & his wife                                          grew tired of the strife                                   working land that was barren & raw.                                           On a cold fateful day                                        he was once heard to say,                                   "i've grown weary of pushin' a plow"                                         So he strapped on a gun                                        & with the next setting sun                                 turned away from the land with this vow:                                        That he'd blaze a new path                                          with a gun & his wrath                                   place his name on everyone's breath                                          So he rides in a hurry                                          as his rage & his fury                                     leads a trail to his violent death.                                       You might just be surprised                                            if you but realized                                  that this chap with the infamous name                                          was once no one other                                       than Frank's deadly brother                                        the notorious Jesse James.             

Copyright © October 2000 William G. Cross

Additional Notes:
I would like an opinion on something please... I added two verses to this poem & some people thought the poem better by omitting them..THEIR rationale was that the existing final verse ends the poem with a "punch", as it divulges at the very end that this poor dirt farmer was none other than the infamous Jesse James!! However..i add the extra verses below & would be interested if you people here agree with others that its better by its omission. Now old Jesse is dead but i've heard that he said that he thrived from his life on the run So we shouldn't regret the fate he fin'lly met.. a quick death at the hands of a gun.


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