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Stackolee
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Stackolee was released on 1 January 1992 by Capitol Records as a part of the album Capitol Collectors Series: The Journeymen
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Release Date1 January 1992
LabelCapitol Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Journeymen
The Journeymen
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Weissman
Weissman
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kermit Walter
Kermit Walter
Producer

Lyrics

You go down to New Orleans
Don't you go to the Lyon's club
'Cause every step, step, step, you're steppin'
You'll step in Billy Lyon's blood
Steppin' into Lyon's blood
Stack-O-Lee's a mean old man
Everybody knows
He shot Billy de Lyon
Just to get his clothes
Mean old Stack-O-Lee
Well, Billy said to Stack-O-Lee
"Doncha take my life
I got two little babies
And a darlin' of a wife
You're a mean old Stack-O-Lee"
"What do I care 'bout your two little babes
And your darlin' of a wife?
You done thrown in my Stetson hat
And I'm bound to take your life
My name is Stack-O-Lee"
You go down to New Orleans
Don't you go to the Lyon's club
'Cause every step, step, step, you're steppin'
You'll step in Billy Lyons's blood
Mean old Stack-O-Lee
Stack-O-Lee and Billy de Lyon
They was fightin' on the floor
Stack-O-Lee pulled that trigger
Of that smokless .44, poor boy
Name was Stack-O-Lee
Judge and the jury said
"Mr. Stack-O-Lee
We're gonna hang your body up
And set your spirit free
Your name is Stack-O-Lee"
Standin' on his gallows
Head held way up high
Twelve o'clock we hung him
Well, I was glad to see him die
You go down to New Orleans
Don't you go to the Lyon's club
'Cause every step, step, step, you're steppin'
You'll step in Billy Lyon's blood
His name was Stack-O-Lee
Well, I was glad to see him die!
Written by: John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Weissman
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