Billy The Kid (Larry W. Jones 07/24/2008) (song#5633) Billy the Kid was an outlaw He roamed the wild and untamed west Billy the Kid was an outlaw Among gunslingers he was best Known as Henry McCarty or William Bonney All over the wild, untamed west his name would soar The law had to rid the wild west of that Kid's lore The notches on his guns were one and twenty more One and twenty more Billy the Kid was an outlaw His hand was quick and leather tough Billy the Kid was an outlaw Until the west had had enough Morton and Baker died near old Agua Negra Billy the Kid gunned 'em down with his forty-four The gunfight at Blazer's Mills killed Buckshot Roberts Part of the New Mexico Lincoln County War Lincoln County War Billy the Kid was an outlaw He roamed the wild and untamed west Billy the Kid was an outlaw One went to lay the Kid at rest Pat Garrett was a lawman, Lincoln County sheriff He swore to get Billy the Kid and lay him stiff He shot 'em through the heart in eighteen eighty one And the notches on Billy's guns were twenty one One and twenty more One and twenty more Billy the Kid was not an outlaw anymore