StackALee

<br>Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night<br><br>Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight<br><br>All about that John B. Stetson Hat.<br><br> <br><br>Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room and he called for a glass of beer<br><br>Turned around to Billy Lyons, said "What you doin` here ?"<br><br>"Waitin` for a train to bring my woman home."<br><br> <br><br>"Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee please don`t take my life<br><br>Got three little children and a weepin`, loving wife<br><br>You`re a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee."<br><br> <br><br>"God bless your children and I`ll take care of your wife<br><br>You stole my John B., now I`m bound to take your life"<br><br>All about that John B. Stetson Hat.<br><br> <br><br>Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and shot him right through the head<br><br>Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead<br><br>All about that John B. Stetson Hat.<br><br> <br><br>Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come<br><br>Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee, said, "Now what have you done ?"<br><br>You`re a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee.<br><br> <br><br>Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack<br><br>Taking him to the cemetery, but they failed to bring him back<br><br>All about that John B. Stetson Hat.<br><br> <br><br>Hawlin Alley, thought I heard the bulldogs bark<br><br>It must have been old Stack-A-Lee stumbling in the dark<br><br>He`s a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail.<br><br> <br><br>High police walked on to Stack-A-Lee, he was lying fast asleep<br><br>High police catched Stack-A-Lee, and he jumped forty feet<br><br>He`s a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail.<br><br> <br><br>Well they got old Stack-A-Lee, and they led him right back in jail<br><br>Couldn`t get a man around to go Stack-A-Lee`s bail<br><br>All about that John B. Stetson Hat.<br><br> <br><br>Stack-A-Lee turned to the jailer, he said "Jailer, I can`t sleep<br><br>`Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep"<br><br>All about that John B. Stetson Hat.