A bit long in coming, but here's the update from Steve Key's site

Shoeless Joe
(Steve Key)

written by Jeff Deitchman; Steve's version was originally recorded for the "Record Time" CD (Local Folkel label, 1992, now out of print), re-released on "Diamond Cuts: Turning Two" (Hungry for Music, 1998), available at www.hungryformusic.com

    Gonna sing you a song about Shoeless Joe Jackson
    He played for Chicago back in the teens
    Some say he was guilty, others say he wasn't
    Most everybody say he was the greatest that's ever been

    But you won't find his name down in the Hall of Fame
    They kicked him out of baseball 'cause they said he took a bribe
    They said he took some money on those games with Cincinnati
    Though he might've had to tell that lie just to keep himself alive

    CH Say it ain't so, Joe
    The kids in the bleachers cried
    Say it ain't so, Joe
    And keep our hopes alive

    Charles Comiskey ran a tight-fisted business
    Treated his White Sox just like beggars at the gate
    So it stands to reason for to crown his perfect season
    They'd be tempted to throw it all just to set the old man straight

    Cicotte and Gandil got it all set up with the gamblers
    A hundred thousand dollars -- a few bucks against disgrace
    Joe found out about it, and he tried to let it out
    But old man Comiskey just slammed the door right in his face (to CH)

    You can read the record, you can sort through all the papers
    But in the 1919 series it was the Reds, five games to three
    Believe the bosses or the gamblers or the writers
    The big money who condemned him or the jury that set him free

    And it's all a game but somebody's got to take the blame
    Hey why not Jackson? You know, he couldn't read or write.
    But Joe's resting easy, though it's wrote he threw the series
    He played without an error, batting .375 (to CH)

© 2008 Steve Key