Stacker Lee was a bad man,
everybody knows.
Spent a hundred dollars
for just one suit of clothes.
He was a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Stacker Lee loaded cotton,
weighed 500 pounds.
Carried along in a gatling gun
and drug him to the ground.
He was a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee.
It was in a hustlin' bee joint
for the Mississippi run
Stacker Lee killed Billy
DeLines
with a smokin' .41
He was a bad man,
that mean ol' Stacker Lee
The high sheriff asked the deputy,
how can it be
You can arrest everybody
but the mean ol' Stacker Lee
He's a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee
And the deputy told the new sheriff
to double up my fee
And I'll go get that outlaw
by the name of Stacker Lee
Cause he's a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee
Gentlemen of the jury,
what do you think about that?
Stacker Lee killed Billy DeLines
about a five dollar Stutson hat.
He was a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Billy was in the card house
a -kneeling on the floor.
Stacker Lee pulled the trigger
of his Red Hot 44.
He was a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Billy said to Stacker Lee,
please don't take my life
I've got three little babes
and a darling loving wife
You're a bad man,
your name is Stacker Lee
Why do I care about you two little babes,
your darling loving wife?
You done stole my brand new hat
and I'm bound to take your life,
cause you're a bad man
And my name is Stacker Lee.
Billy died in the sawdust
with his head up on the rail.
The deputy took old Stacker Lee
and he marched him off to jail.
He was a bad man.
That mean old Stacker Lee.
The judge said Mr. Stacker Lee,
Mr. Stacker Lee,
I'm gonna hang your body up
and set your spirit free
cuz you're a bad man.
Your
Your name is Stacker Lee,
Stacker Lee on his gallows,
his head way up high,
12 o 'clock we killed him,
was all glad to see him die,
he was a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee,
he was a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee.