===Intriguing procedure - in one of the commonest genres of Turkish folksong it's usual for the author to state their name in the first line of the last verse, as Jerry Fudge did. (Look up the mediaeval mystical poet Yunus Emre for a lot of examples that have been translated). But I can't think of any other song in English that does that. Or in any other Western European language, for that matter.===

Only just found this from Jack Campin from 2 years ago ··· better late & all that ~~~

"This song was made by Billy Gashade
Soon as the news did arrive;
He swore there was never a man with the law on his hand
Who could take Jesse James when alive."

I remember that the book from which I first learned Jesse James about 55 years ago {tho have forgotten what book it was}, had a note saying that a last verse claim to authorship like this was quite common in Western songs.

~Michael~