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01. A Short and Violent LifeHe had a reputation for helping the elderly, the poor and the young. / He was killed by the hand of a coward who was once his friend. / He was shot in the dark without warning. He was unarmed.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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