The Traditional Ballad Index has only one entry for this one, from Austin E. and Alta S. Fife, Cowboy and Western Songs (1969). here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry. If anyone has the version from Fife or any other version of this particular Jesse James song, pleas post it.
-Joe Offer-

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Jesse James (IV)

DESCRIPTION: "You've heard of heroes brave in all their glory...." These heroes are contrasted with James, who "joined the bad guerrillas," robbed banks, "invented robbing trains," avoided the Pinkertons -- and finally was shot by Robert Ford
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966
KEYWORDS: outlaw death train betrayal
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Apr 4, 1882 - Shooting of Jesse James (then in semi-retirement under the name of Howard) by Robert Ford, a relative and a former member of his gang tempted by the $10,000 reward
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fife-Cowboy/West 93, "Jesse James" (5 texts, 2 tunes; this is the "E" text)
Roud #11225
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jesse James (I)" [Laws E1] and references there
File: FCW093E

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I'm not going to start any more new Jesse threads for now. I can't find Jesse James V in the Ballad Index, and I posted VI and VII in the first "Jesse" thread.
Can anybody else find "Jesse V" in the Ballad Index?
-Joe Offer-