Original Stack O’ Lee Blues

[Verse 1]
Stack O'Lee was a bully
He bullied all his life
Well he bullied through Chicago town
With a ten-cent pocket knife
Then it's ol' Stack O'Lee

[Verse 2]
Stack said to Billy
"How can it be?
You'll 'rest a man just as bad as me
But you won't 'rest Stack O'Lee"
Then it's ol' Stack O'Lee

[Instrumental Break]
Ol' bad man

[Verse 3]
Stack said to Billy
"Don't you take my life
Well, I ain't got not but two little childrens
And a darlin' lovin' wife"
Then it's ol' Stack O' Lee

[Verse 4]
"One is a boy
And the other one is a girl"
"Well you may see your children again
But it'll be in another world"
Then it's ol' Stack O' Lee

[Verse 5]
Standin' on the corner
Well I didn't mean no harm
Well that policeman caught me
Well he grabbed me by my arm
Then it's ol' Stack O'Lee

[Verse 6]
Stack O'Lee and Billy
Had a noble fight
Well Stack O'Lee killed Billy Lyon
One cold dark soggy night
Then it's ol' Stack O'Lee

[Instrumental Break]
Oh, play it, boys

[Verse 7]
Standin' on the hilltop
The dogs begin to bark
Well it wasn't nothin' but Stack O'Lee
Come creeping in the dark
Then it's ol' Stack O'Lee