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Stack O' Lee
4,969
Blues
Stack O' Lee was released on October 19, 2009 by Brownsville as a part of the album Candy Man
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Release DateOctober 19, 2009
LabelBrownsville
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Songwriter

Lyrics

Police officer, how can it be?
You can 'rest everybody but cruel Stack O' Lee
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
Billy de Lyon told Stack O' Lee, "Please don't take my life
I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife"
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
"What I care about your 2 little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?
You done stole my Stetson hat, I'm bound to take your life"
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
Boom boom, boom boom, with the forty-four
When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin' down on the floor
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
"Gentleman's of the jury, what do you think of that?
Stack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat"
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
Standing on the gallows, head way up high
At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
Written by: Mississippi John Hurt, S. Kelvigdam
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