The Story Of Billy Bardell-Sheb Wooley

[ti:The Story Of Billy Bardell] [ar:Sheb Wooley] [al:Cowboy Essentials] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story Of Billy Bardell - Sheb Wooley [00:06.77]Billy Bardell was a hard ridin' stranger [00:09.24]That came to the cow camp that day [00:11.50] [00:12.25]The glint of the sun on his low hangin' gun [00:15.20]Told a tale of a man on the run [00:18.13] [00:20.13]Run Billy run Billy run Billy run Billy run [00:23.63] [00:24.70]Run Billy run [00:25.85] [00:26.64]For as you live you will die you will die by the gun [00:34.34] [00:35.12]Said his horse had give out [00:36.62]And he'd liked a fresh mount [00:38.27]Any price that we'd ask he would pay [00:40.48] [00:41.26]So we bade him get down throw his pack on the ground [00:44.25]And we'd soon have him back on his way [00:47.18] [00:50.46]As he slowly got down he fell to the ground [00:53.40]And his face was so pallid and pale [00:56.38]Said I've run out of luck I got shot in the gut [00:59.60]And the posse is hot on my trail [01:02.56] [01:04.49]Run Billy run Billy run Billy run Billy run [01:07.91] [01:09.06]Run Billy run [01:10.20] [01:10.85]For as you live you will die you will die by the gun [01:18.64] [01:19.49]Then a poster he showed told the reason he rode [01:22.72]One thousand in cash was the price [01:25.01] [01:25.91]This poor skinny kid had a price on his head [01:28.71]And the poster read dead or alive [01:31.68] [01:34.97]In the story he told how his mother was old [01:38.00]And her eyesight was fast growin' dim [01:40.44] [01:41.24]He asked us to claim the reward in her name [01:44.25]And not tell her it was for him [01:46.92] [01:49.05]Run Billy run Billy run Billy run Billy run [01:52.54] [01:53.74]Run Billy run [01:54.85] [01:55.47]For as you live you will die you will die by the gun [02:02.40] [02:04.63]Then from the distance the poundin' of hoofbeats [02:07.87]There came the posse in sight [02:09.63] [02:11.09]Billy Bardell as he looked toward heaven [02:14.88]Said I'll ride a new range tonight [02:20.38]Run Billy run Billy run Billy run Billy run [02:23.88] [02:24.94]Run Billy run [02:26.09] [02:26.66]For as you live you will die you will die by the gun