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04. Catherine McCartyOn April 10th, 1846 on the ship Devonshire from Liverpool, / one Catherine McCarty, age 17 arrived in New York during times most cruel. / She made this long journey to escape the famine occurring in her native Ireland.
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08. Coming Attractions - Billy The Kid's Great EscapeI often wondered what thoughts were running through his head / as he stared out the window chained to the floor by his bed / watching the gallows being built that would soon seal his fate.
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05. Coming Attractions - Congratulations BillyThere was the usual exchange of foul words and light shoving around, / but then "Windy" rushed Billy and threw him down to the ground. / He sat on Billy's chest pinning his arms down to the floor.
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09. Coming Attractions - Truly A KidBILLY the Kid was truly a kid when found in the company of children. / Many children of his day would go on to say / how much they wished their playtime with him would never end.
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11. Statements Made By They Who Knew The Kid"He was a brave, resourceful and honest boy. He would have been a successful man under other circumstances. I loved the youngster in the old days and can say now after the passing fifty years that I still love his memory. He has gained an unfair and undeserved reputation. Most of the stories told about him are simply not true at all. He was born into poor circumstances and did what he did to get by. He was a thousand times better and braver than any man hunting him, including Pat Garrett." - Frank Coe, close friend / "He stayed with me at my home for most of one winter, during which time we became staunch friends. I never enjoyed better company. He was humorous and told me many amusing stories. He always found a touch of humor in everything. He never seemed to care much for money. He never drank. He would go to the bar with anyone, but I never saw him drink a drop, and he never used tobacco in any form. Always in a good humor and ready to do a kind act for some one." - George Coe, close friend. / "I liked him very much. He had his share of good qualities and was very pleasant. He had a reputation for being considerate of the old, the young and the poor. He was loyal to his friends and above all loved his mother devotedly. He was unfortunate in starting life and became a victim of circumstances. In looking back to my first meeting with him my impressions of him were most favorable and I can honestly say that he was a man more sinned against than sinner." - Miguel Otero Jr, friendly aquaintence
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03. Billy the KidBack then it didn't matter who was right or wrong. / What mattered was who had the fastest gun. / The untamed Old West lived by a code back then. "I'll Die Before I Run."
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10. A Short and Violent Life Ends/ A Legend Begins"Quien es? Quien es?" Billy called out into the dark. / He then heard the sound of thunder and glimpsed briefly a faint spark. / A powerful force struck him and spun him around.
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07. Coming Attractions - Why Are You Smiling?Judge Bristol pronounced his sentence with the following words and said, / "The said William Bonney, alias Kid, alias William Antrim / shall be hanged by the neck until his body be dead, Dead, DEAD!!!"
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02. "Quien es?"/ "Who Is It?""I don't blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then, I don't know if anyone would believe anything good of me anyway." - Who is it? / 1859 -1861, month and day unknown. / As of this writing that's the closest we've come to his birthday.
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06. Coming Attractions - BILLYThere are guns all over the country aiming at you. / There's a lawman on your trail who'd love to surround you. / Bounty hunters are encroaching all around you.
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