The Outlaws Jack and Joaquin \ Jim Ringer / cover

The Outlaws Jack and Joaquin or The Ballad Of Three Finger Jack and Joaquin Murrieta. Written by the late great Jim Ringer. I sing and play with guitar fingerstyle accompaniment.
Jack and Joaquin were outlaws who terrorized the southwest until they were arrested and executed. They pickled their heads and hands and put them in a jar full of formaldehyde and sent them around from town to town so everybody could see.

The Ballad of Joaquin Murrieta and Three Finger Jack - lyrics (The Outlaws Jack and Juaquin)
Written by Jim Ringer
Performed by Dan D. Dirges

As a child I heard tales about three finger Jack
He rode out with Joaquin and they never rode back
Back home we heard stories about the treasures and glories
And the wild times the two of them seen
Jack and the man called Juaquin

Well the mighty Sierra`a are high and their old
And the Mexicans work and the gringo`s got gold
And how can you blame a man trying to claim
Something better then peppers and beans
The outlaws Jack and Juaquin

Well a high steppin horse and a long barrelled gun
Can make a man proud and a proud man won`t run
And a man you should fear is a man you can`t scare
And that crippled hand reached for a dream
He shared with a man called Juaquin

Well they hide thru the day and they ride thru the night
And sometimes they`ll run but sometimes they`ll fight
And how can you find them when you`re always behind them
Like phantoms they`re felt but not seen
The outlaws Jack and Juaquin

Well the mighty Sierra`s are quiet today
But old Mexican women light candles and pray
That the head and the hand that were shown thru the land
Was somebody they`d never seen
And not those of Jack and Juaquin

And stories are told every now and again
About a ranch in Senora that was run by two men
And they lived there like lords never crossing the border
And living like old Spanish kings
And they claimed it was Jack and Juaquin