Stackolee

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[Verse 1]
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All out in the alley on a dark and
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 dreary night
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Bill Lyons and old Stackolee they 
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had one awful fight
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Twas all about a John B Stetson hat


[Verse 2]
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Billy went to the bar room to get 
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him a glass of beer
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Old Stackolee comes thumping in he 
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said what are you doing here
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That bad man, they call me Stackolee


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[Verse 3]
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Old Stackolee says to Billy "I'm 
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gonna kill you dead,
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You taken all of my money and the 
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stetson right off a' my head
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Yeah I'm gonna kill you they call 
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me Stackolee".


[Verse 4]
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Bill Lyons says "Now Stackolee 
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wont you please spare my life,
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I got two little children and a 
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darling loving wife,
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Don't kill me, don't kill me 
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Stackolee".


[Verse 5]
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Old Stacky says to Billy "No I aint
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 gonna spare your life
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God bless your little children son 
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and I'll take care of your wife
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I'm that bad man they call me 
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Stackolee".


[Verse 6]
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Old Stackolee shot poor Billy he 
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shot him right through the head
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Now it only taken one .44 ball to 
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kill poor Billy dead
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That bad man that rascal Stackolee


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[Verse 7]
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All out in the alley I heard my 
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bulldog bark
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He's a'barking at old Stackolee he 
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went stumblin' through the dark
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That bad man he's scared too, that 
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awful Stackolee


[Verse 8]
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When the sheriff found old 
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Stackolee he found him fast asleep
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An when he waken  ole Stack up he 
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said he jumped about forty feet
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Well he's a bad man, yes they 
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caught old Stackolee


[Verse 9]
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Then Stack says to the Jailer, Mr 
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Jailer I can't sleep
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Every time I close my eyes  at 
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night Bill Lyons begins to creep
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All around this jailhouse all the 
time


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[Verse 10]
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Men folks all a'laughin'. women 
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folks all a'cryin'
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See the folks ar coming from miles 
around just to see ol' Stackolee 
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a'dying
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That bad man yeah they called him 
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Stackolee


[Verse 11]
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Old Stack standing up on the 
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scaffold an' he began to curse
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An the Sherriff said "Lets hang him
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 boys before he kills one of us".
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He's a bad man,  they call him 
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Stackolee


[Verse 11]
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Somebody tripped that scaffold and
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 old Stack went down below
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When the devil seen him a'coming he
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 says I hates this rascal so
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We don't need him down here


[Verse 12]
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Stack grabbed the devil by the 
collar and he threwed him up on the 
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shelf
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Said get out of here you son of a 
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gun I'll run this place myself
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I'm  a bad man yes they call me 
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Stackolee