Stackalee

Hawlin Alley one dark and drizzly night
 Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight
 All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
 Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room and he called for a glass of beer
 Turned around to Billy Lyons, said "What-a you doin' here?"
 "Waitin' for a train to bring my woman home."
 "Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee please don't take my life
 I've got three little children and a weepin', loving wife
 You're a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee."
 "God bless your children and I'll take care of your wife
 You stole my John B., now I'm bound to take your life"
 All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
 Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and shot him right through the head
 Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead
 All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
 Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come
 Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee, said, "Now what have you done?"
 You're a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee.
 Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack
 Taking him to the cemetery, but they failed to bring him back
 All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
 Hawlin Alley, thought I heard the bulldogs bark
 It must have been old Stack-A-Lee stumbling in the dark
 He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail.
 High police walked on to Stack-A-Lee, he was lying fast asleep
 High police catched Stack-A-Lee, and he jumped forty feet
 He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail.
 Well they got old Stack-A-Lee, and they led him right back in jail
 Couldn't get a man around to go Stack-A-Lee's bail
 All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
 Stack-A-Lee said to the jailer, "Jailer, I can't sleep
 'Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep"
 All about that John B. Stetson Hat.