Stack-a-Lee (Parts 1 & 2)

歌詞

Part 1 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 gon' 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 'cos 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 Part 2 Stack-A-Lee went 'round the corner, an' they shot Stack in his side Stack-A-Lee went stumblin' in his mother's do' He said 'mother, oh! mother, won't you turn me over slow I bin jabbed in my left side with a police forty-four When all the ladies heard that Stack, oh! Stack-A-Lee was dead Some come dressed in orange colour, an' some come dressed in red Stack-A-Lee went to the Devil, to identify poor Billy's soul But the poor boy was absent, he had burned down to char-coal Now the Devil heard a rumblin', a mighty rumblin' under the ground Says, it must be Mr. Stack, turnin', baby, upside down Now this it, the Devil picked on top of the Devil's shelf Says, if you want Mr. Stack, you go an' git him by yourself