Regarding the Jesse James version subtitled, "I Wonder Where My Poor Old Jesse's Gone", Paul Clayton told me that he collected this version from Bascom Lamar Lunsford. Paul taught Lunsford the chorus that Clayton, himself, had written. I knew Paul Clayton in the sixties and have sung many of his songs myself, including his version of "Jesse James".
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