Lyrics: I am a band of highway men, Jack Hall is my name, My crimes and depredations brought my friends to shame, Robbing o' the North Field Bank the same I can't deny, For now I am a prisoner in the Stillwater Jail I lie!
Tis of a bold high robbery a story to you I'll tell, Of a California miner who unto us befell, Robbed him of his money and bid him go his way, For which I will be sorry of until my dying day!
And then we rode toward Texas through dust and fierce heat, Across the Nebraska prairies the Miller boys we did meet, Knives, guns, and revolvers, we all set down to play, A drinking of good whiskey to pass the time away!
A Central Union Railway train was the next we did surprise, The crimes we done by our bloody hands bring tears into my eyes. The engineer man, the fireman killed, the conductor escaped alive, And now their bones lie molten beneath the Nebraska skies! Then we sat on horses, north westward we did go,
To godforsaken country, they call it Misadio! Had my eye on the Northfield Bank when Brother Bob did say,
Now Jack if you undertake the job you sure will curse the day! But I stationed out my pickets, up to the bank did go, And there upon the counter I struck my fatal blow. Just hand us all the money, and make no further delay For we are the famous Hall Brothers, we spare no time to pray! Then came a rain of bullets, my brothers and I fled,
But they just kept on coming, shooting us until we bled! So now I sit in jail to settle accounts and pay the cost We tried a desperate game in life, we tried that game and lost!
The reason why this game is so fantastic is because this actually happened. When Cole Younger was captured after trying to rob a bank and killing the cashier, he said "We tried a desperate game and lost".
Original Uncle voice actor?
Im thinking about using this in my documentary on cole younger
Arthur sings this under his breath sometimes when he's riding around
Lyrics:
I am a band of highway men, Jack Hall is my name,
My crimes and depredations brought my friends to shame,
Robbing o' the North Field Bank the same I can't deny,
For now I am a prisoner in the Stillwater Jail I lie!
Tis of a bold high robbery a story to you I'll tell,
Of a California miner who unto us befell,
Robbed him of his money and bid him go his way,
For which I will be sorry of until my dying day!
And then we rode toward Texas through dust and fierce heat,
Across the Nebraska prairies the Miller boys we did meet,
Knives, guns, and revolvers, we all set down to play,
A drinking of good whiskey to pass the time away!
A Central Union Railway train was the next we did surprise,
The crimes we done by our bloody hands bring tears into my eyes.
The engineer man, the fireman killed, the conductor escaped alive,
And now their bones lie molten beneath the Nebraska skies!
Then we sat on horses, north westward we did go,
To godforsaken country, they call it Misadio!
Had my eye on the Northfield Bank when Brother Bob did say,
Now Jack if you undertake the job you sure will curse the day!
But I stationed out my pickets, up to the bank did go,
And there upon the counter I struck my fatal blow.
Just hand us all the money, and make no further delay
For we are the famous Hall Brothers, we spare no time to pray!
Then came a rain of bullets, my brothers and I fled,
But they just kept on coming, shooting us until we bled!
So now I sit in jail to settle accounts and pay the cost
We tried a desperate game in life, we tried that game and lost!
Arthur sometimes sings this while riding. I just searched "in Stillwater jail I lie" cause thats the only line I could make out and now I found it.
Who aside from Uncle sings this?
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The reason why this game is so fantastic is because this actually happened. When Cole Younger was captured after trying to rob a bank and killing the cashier, he said "We tried a desperate game and lost".
How do you get Arthur to sing while riding? He never sings for me. I travel around at walking speed for hours
I smiled when I realised it was Uncle singing. 🙂
Anyone know the chords?
Don’t even play the game but I love this song
I need to remember these lyrics so i can sing it while walking
Your not a true RDR player if you don’t listen to the camp songs and soundtracks.
Uncle is a good singer
Really love this. Cole younger gets overshadowed by Jesse James. I also have a bias as he’s my fathers ancestor is cole younger
This is Arthur’s favorite song lol
So is jack hall supposed to be Jesse James and Otis Miller Cole Younger?
I think Cole Younger is the closest real life outlaw to high honor Arthur, as far as personality goes.
The difference is that Cole spent half his life in prison. He didn’t get out until the Wild West was over.
Arthur is Cole younger essentially
Me and my cousins sing this around the campfire during the summer