Pretty Boy Floyd

Wikipedia - "Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) was an American bank robber. He operated in the Midwest and West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained heavy press coverage in the 1930s. Like most other prominent outlaws of that era, he was killed by policemen. He remains a familiar figure in American popular culture, sometimes seen as notorious, but at other times viewed as a tragic figure, partly a victim of hard times. ... In March 1939, five years after Floyd's death, Woody Guthrie, a native of Oklahoma, wrote a song romanticizing Floyd's life, called 'The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd.' The song has the form of a Broadside 'come-all-ye' ballad opening with the lines..."
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FBI: Kansas City Massacre—Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd
YouTube: Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez