Stackalee-Frank Hutchison/Dudley Moore

[ti:Stackalee] [ar:Frank Hutchison] [al:American Folk Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stackalee - Frank Hutchison/Dudley Moore [00:14.50]Hawlin Alley one dark and drizzly night [00:17.46] [00:18.92]Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee [00:20.38]Had one terrible fight [00:22.04]All about that John B Stetson Hat [00:26.50] [00:28.16]Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room [00:30.76]And he called for a glass of beer [00:32.75] [00:33.40]Turned around to Billy Lyons [00:35.47]Said "What-a you doin' here  " [00:36.88]"Waitin' for a train to bring my woman home " [00:40.60] [00:42.52]"Stack-A-Lee [00:42.88] [00:43.62]Oh Stack-A-Lee please don't take my life [00:46.96] [00:47.59]I've got three little children [00:49.54]And a weepin' loving wife [00:51.03]You're a bad man bad man Stack-A-Lee " [00:55.25] [00:56.75]"God bless your children [00:59.20]And I'll take care of your wife [01:00.85] [01:01.45]You stole my John B [01:02.71]Now I'm bound to take your life" [01:04.39]All about that John B Stetson Hat [01:08.30] [01:11.18]Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons [01:13.05] [01:13.57]And shot him right through the head [01:15.46] [01:16.03]Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead [01:19.34]All about that John B Stetson Hat [01:23.19] [01:25.66]Sent for the doctor [01:27.15]Well the doctor he did come [01:28.80] [01:29.68]Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee [01:31.50]Said "Now what have you done  " [01:32.96]You're a bad man bad man Stack-A-Lee [01:36.20] [01:38.81]Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack [01:42.68] [01:43.80]Taking him to the cemetery [01:45.60]But they failed to bring him back [01:47.17]All about that John B Stetson Hat [01:50.53] [01:54.82]Hawlin Alley thought I heard the bulldogs bark [01:57.86] [01:58.51]It must have been old Stack-A-Lee [02:00.31]Stumbling in the dark [02:01.59]He's a bad man [02:02.84] [02:03.64]Gonna land him right back in jail [02:04.86] [02:08.30]High police walked on to Stack-A-Lee [02:12.00]He was lying fast asleep [02:13.53] [02:14.48]High police catched Stack-A-Lee [02:16.69]And he jumped forty feet [02:17.90]He's a bad man [02:19.03] [02:19.66]Gonna land him right back in jail [02:21.73] [02:23.40]Well they got old Stack-A-Lee [02:25.73]And they led him right back in jail [02:27.15] [02:27.93]Couldn't get a man around to go [02:29.91]Stack-A-Lee's bail [02:31.03]All about that John B Stetson Hat [02:34.73] [02:36.90]Stack-A-Lee said to the jailer [02:39.05]"Jailer I can't sleep [02:40.82]'Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep" [02:44.17]All about that John B Stetson Hat