Stack-A-Lee

I was standin' on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
They were barkin’ at the two men
Who were gamblin' in the dark

That was Stack-A-Lee an' Billy
Two mens who gambled late
Stackolee throwed seven
An’ Billy swore that he throwed eight

Stack-A-Lee told Billy
I can't leave you go with that
You done won all my money
An' my brand new Stetson hat

Stack-A-Lee went runnin'
Down that lonesome railroad track
I'm don't wanna kill you now Billy
But don't be here when I come back

Stack-A-Lee went home
An' he got his forty-four
Says, I’m goin’ to the bar-room
Just to pay that debt I owe

Stack-A-Lee went to the bar-room
An' he stood across the bar-room door
Says, don’t nobody move
‘Cause I got my forty-four

Now old Billy told Stack
Oh, please don't take my life!
I got three little children
An' a very sickly wife

Stack-A-Lee shot Billy
How he shot that poor boy so fast
The bullet went through poor Billy
An' it broke the bartender glass