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Album cover for Frank Fara - Charming Billy

Original Painting by Bob Boze Bell ~ Editor True West Magazine

Charming Billy ~ Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid, New Mexico's boy outlaw, was only 17 when he started his wild ride into the history books. His boyish charm & smoking gun quickly captured the world's attention and his daring exploits were eagerly read in dime novels and newspapers around the globe. In four short years Billy was a legend in the making and his explosive career would add a lasting chapter to the taming of the West. A bullet from Sheriff Pat Garrett ended his fabled career at Fort Sumner, New Mexico on July 14th, 1881. Billy the Kid had just turned 21, at the wrong end of a Gun.


Frank’s first look at Bob’s great painting of Billy the Kid

Frank’s first look at Bob’s great painting of Billy the Kid

Frank gives Bob Boze Bell the first CD copy of Charming Billy

Frank gives Bob Boze Bell the first CD copy of Charming Billy

Some of the Lyrics from Charming Billy ~ Billy the Kid

Charming Billy ~ Billy Bonney ~ You’ve worn a lot of names
But you’re wanted just the same ~ as Billy the Kid

Billy joined up with the regulators ~ as the Lincoln county war began
Small young boy with a big sombrero ~ but rough & tough as any man

Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln ~ Billy made his bold escape
Both his guards died from thinkin’ ~ that a shackled young boy couldn’t break away

Charming Billy ~ Billy Bonney ~ The world knows your name
You’ve caught up to your fame ~ Billy the Kid

Written by Frank Fara
How the West Was Sung Music BMI

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