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.
Says I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife.
He is a bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee.
What I care about you two little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?
Says You done stole my Stetson hat, I'm bound to take you life.
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee.
Boom boom boom boom 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.
Gentlemans of the jury, what do you think of that?
That Stack O'Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat.
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee.
Standing all together, hands way up high,
At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die.
He is a bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee
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.
Says I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife.
He is a bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee.
What I care about you two little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?
Says You done stole my Stetson hat, I'm bound to take you life.
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee.
Boom boom boom boom 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.
Gentlemans of the jury, what do you think of that?
That Stack O'Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat.
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee.
Standing all together, hands way up high,
At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die.
He is a bad man, oh, cruel Stack O'Lee