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 bar- room
and he called for a glass of beer
Turned around to Billy Lyons,
said 'What-a you doin here ?'
'Waitin for a train to bring my woman home.'
'Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee
please dont take my life
Ive got three little children
and a weepin, loving wife
Youre a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee.'
'God bless your children
and Ill take care of your wife
You stole my John B., now
Im 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,
said, 'Now what have you done ?'
Youre 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
Hes 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
Hes a bad man, gonna land
him right back in jail.
Well they got old Stack-A-Lee,
and they led him right back in jail
Couldnt get a man around
to go Stack-A-Lees bail
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
Stack-A-Lee said to the jailer,
'Jailer, I cant sleep
Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep'
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.