The Balled of Billy the Kid

Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was an outlaw from the ninetieth century. He was derided as a young boy, often turning to aggression. Not much is known about Henry’s father, except that he wasn’t around ever. His mother was a survivor of the Irish Potato Famine; she was a very strong woman. Henry had a saturnine education, which may have lead to his violence. Either way, the allure of violence and crime was too much for “Billy the Kid” to avoid. A man with no empathy for his victims, killed countless. The hierarchy that was the government was nonexistent in the West, giving Henry all the freedom he wanted. Eventually he was the most wanted man in the country, having a terrible reputation. The stigma was so bad that he had to have an alias, “William H. Bonney.”