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