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Billy the Kid (Original Text)
Billy was a bad man
And carried a big gun,
He was always after Greasers
And kept ’em on the run.
He shot one every morning
For to make his morning meal.
And let a white man sass him,
He was shore to feel his steel.
He kept folks in hot water,
And he stole from many a stage,
And when he was full of liquor
He was always in a rage.
But one day he met a man
Who was a whole lot badder
and now he’s dead
and we ain’t none the sadder.
Larsen’s Altered Song Text:
Billy was a bad man
carried a big gun,
He was always after good folks
And he kept them on the run.
He shot one every morning
To make his morning meal.
And let a man sass him,
He was sure to feel his steel.
He kept folks in hot water,
Stole from every stage,
When he was full of liquor
He was always in a rage.
He kept things boilin’ over,
he stayed out in the brush,
when he was full of dead eye,
other folks’ld better hush.
Billy was a bad man, but
one day he met a man
a whole lot badder
and now he’s dead
and we ain’t none the sadder.
Related Information
Sheet Music
Cowboy Songs
Composer(s): Libby Larsen
Song(s): 1. Bucking Bronco
2. Lift Me Into Heaven Slowly
3. Billy the Kid