From a town known as Wheeling, West VirginiaRode a boy with a six-gun in his handAnd his daring life of crime made him a legend in his timeEast and west of the Rio Grande.Well, he started with a bank in ColoradoIn the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid.And his age and his size took the teller by surprise,And the word spread of Billy the Kid.
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