Stackalee

Hawlin Alley one dark and drizzly night

Billy Lyons and Stack A Lee had one terrible fight
All about that John B Stetson Hat

Stack A Lee walked to the barroom
And he called for a glass of beer
It turned around to Billy Lyons
Said
What are you doing here
Waitin' for a train to bring my woman home

Stack A Lee oh Stack A Lee
Please don't take my life
I've got three little children and a weepin'
Loving wife
You're a bad man

Bad man Stack A Lee

God bless your children
And I'll take care of your wife
You stole my John B
Now I'm bound to take your life
All about that John B Stetson Hat

Stack A Lee turned to Billy Lyons
And shot him right through the head
Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead
All about that John B Stetson Hat

Sent for the doctor
Well the doctor he did come
Just pointed out Stack A Lee
Now what have you done
You're a bad man bad man Stack A Lee

Six big horses and a rubber tired hack
Taking him to the cemetery
But they failed to bring him back
All about that John B Stetson Hat

Hawlin Alley thought I heard the bulldogs bark
It must have been old Stack A Lee
Stumbling in the dark
He's a bad man gonna land him right back in jail

High police walked on to Stack A Lee
He was lying fast asleep
High police catched Stack A Lee
And he jumped forty feet
He's a bad man gonna land him right back in jail

They got old Stack A Lee
And they led him right back in jail
Couldn't get a man around to go Stack A Lee's bail
All about that John B Stetson Hat

Stack A Lee said to the jailer
Jailer
I can't sleep
'Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep
All about that John B Stetson Hat