Billy The Kid by Everett (dale) Pogue

Billy The Kid, killer, died at twenty-one
with one and twenty notches chiseled on his gun.
He left a lot of mystery that moonlit July night
when Garrett's slug tore through his heart. He died
without a fight.

To some he was a hero of the Lincoln County War; others saw him differently and wouldn't go that far.
Billy stood before a judge and heard his sentence read:
"William Bonney will be hanged by the neck until he's dead".

With cuffs and irons upon his legs, and guards both night and day
escape was nigh' impossible. They'd string him up to pay.
Billy watched and waited and when the moment came
he killed a deputy, Sam Bell, and added to his fame.

Another lawman died that day there in New Mexico
He held the town as hostages, but finally let them go
and galloped to Fort Sumner where he felt safety there.
Folks well knew to rat on him they wouldn't have a prayer.

Word spread fast that summer night that Billy had been shot.
The crowd was ugly, cussing out Pat Garrett and his lot.
So legend grew some more right then, the night when Billy died.
No one could stop this epic tale, and few have even tried.

Henry Antrim - William Bonney - The Kid -(they added Billy)
told a story with his gun, a tale that's deadly chilly.
He laid to rest a lot of men; they numbered twenty-one.
None lived who ever looked down in the barrel of his gun.

William Henry Antrim Bonney, Alias The Kid. Alias Billy The Kid
Born September 17, 1859, New York City. Died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, New Mexico

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by Everett (dale) Pogue
copyright 01-28-2008

Age Rating: 13 to 127