Lyrics Stackolee - Mississippi John Hurt
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
you
little
babies,
your
darlin'
lovin'
wife?
You
done
stole
my
Stetson1
hat,
I'm
bound
to
take
your
life"
That
bad
man,
cruel
Stack
O'
Lee
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
And
all
they
gathered,
hands
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
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