Redigerer Billy the Kid (avsnitt)

== The Kid i populærkulturen ==
Billy the Kid er et av de individene fra «ville vesten» som oftest har blitt nevnt i filmer, bøker, musikk og dikt. Legenden om the Kid har blitt filmatisert flere ganger, og det er blitt skrevet flere bøker om livet hans. De mest berømte filmene med Billy the Kid er [[Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid]], der [[Kris Kristofferson]] spiller rollen som the Kid og [[Young Guns]] filmene, der [[Emilio Estévez]] har rollen som the Kid.

Det finnes dessuten en skillingsvise som forteller The Kids livshistorie. Den er blant annet gjort populær gjennom tolkninger av [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Marty Robbins]] og [[Ry Cooder]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p68529soRDE&feature=related Ry Cooder fremfører Billy the Kid.]</ref> Her er teksten gjengitt etter [[John Lomax|John A. Lomax]]: ''Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads''. New York 1910. (2. utg. Collier Books, New York 1938.)

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1. I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid, <br />
I'll sing of the desperate deeds that he did, <br />
Way out in New Mexico, long long ago<br />
When a man's only chance was his own 44.

2. When Billy the Kid was a very young lad<br />
In the old Silver City he went to the bad<br />
Way out in the West with a gun in his hand<br />
At the age of twelve years he first killed his man.

3. Fair Mexican maidens play guitars and sing<br />
A song about Billy, the boy bandit king<br />
How ere his young manhood had reached its sad end<br />
He'd a notch on his pistol for twenty-one men. <br />
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4. 'Twas on the same night when poor Billy died<br />
He said to his friends: «I am not satisfied. <br />
There are twenty-one men I have put bullets through<br />
And sheriff Pat Garrett must make twenty-two.»

5. Now this is how Billy the Kid met his fate, <br />
The bright moon was shining, the hour was late<br />
Shot down by Pat Garrett, who once was his friend<br />
The young outlaw's life had now come to its end.

6. There's many a man with a face fine and fair<br />
Who starts out in life with a chance to be square, <br />
But just like poor Billy he wanders astray<br />
And loses his life in the very same way. <br />
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