The Ballad of Billy the Kid - Live April 1972 At Sigma Sound Studios, WMMR Radio, Philadelphia, PA

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From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia, rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand.

And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time, east and west of the Rio Grande.

Ooh.

Well, he started with a bank in Colorado.

In the pocket of his vest, a Colt he hid.

And his age and his size took the town by surprise, and the word spread of Billy the Kid.

Ooh.

Well, he never traveled heavy.

Yes, he always rode alone.

And he soon put many older guns to shame.

But he never had a sweetheart, and he never had a home. But the cowboys and the ranchers knew his name.

Well, he rode his way from Utah to old Oklahoma.

And the law just could not seem to track him down.

And it served his legend well, for the folks, they loved to tell about when Billy the Kid was in town.

Oh, when Billy the Kid was in town.

Well, one cold day a posse captured Billy.

And the judge said, "String him up for what he did. "

And the cowboys and their kin, like to see, came pouring in to watch the hanging of Billy the Kid.

Well, he never traveled heavy. Yes, he always rode alone.

And he soon put many older guns to shame.

But he never had a sweetheart, though he finally found a home underneath the Boot

Hill grave that bears his name.

From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island, rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand.

And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time, east and west of the Rio Grande.

Ooh.

Billy the Kid was in town. Ooh. Thank you.

All right.