Just 21 Riding in to Coffeyville
Away from Marshall Heck
To beat anything Jesse James ever did
We Grabbed three fat bankers at the first
When the Shots came ringing out!
Daltons came riding in
And the defenders
Mowed them Down
Running out the back with the money in hand
I made it to my sorrel
I Felt a burning in my hip, as I bent to pick up Bob
Old Man Seaman blasted me out of the Saddle
When all was quiet there was 23 new holes in my suit
They wanted to hang old Em, but Doc Wells bravely Said no
Dalton Came riding in
The Defender Mowed Him Down
Judgement came and the sentence
Was life without Parole in Leavenworth
Defender Came riding in,
And Dalton raised to New Life
They handed me a pair of Scissors, learned to be a man of cloth
Found my knees in my four walls
And a New life, that set me free from the bars.
14 years Later and a shoulder that never healed
I was headed back to Kingfisher to see my lover and mother
Defender Came riding in,
And Dalton raised to
New Life
The beginnings were small a night clerk a tailor shop
There were talks on the hard trail I had ridden, they were even written down
I bought some property and my nightmare came alive in Hollywood
To me ” said Dalton, “the word ‘outlaw’ is a living coal of fire The past to me is a tragedy shrouded in bitter memories I was young and foolish, and association with men of adventurous proclivities eventually resulted in imprisonment And how many men can conceive what it means to languish in prison? But I learned much in my lonely cell I have learned to hope in a divinity, that a surplus of energy and determination will conquer every weakness. Emmitt Dalton The Washington Post, April 19, 1908: Aug. 27, 1936: Emmett is baptized at the Angelus Temple, Los Angeles.
