Stack-a-lee

Intro: 
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[Verso 1]
 
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Stack-a-Lee shot Billy Lyons 
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He shot that boy so fast 
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The bullet went through Billy 
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It broke the bartender's glass 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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Stack-a-Lee went around the corner 
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Where they shot Stack in his side 
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Stack-a-Lee went stumbling 
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In his mother door 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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He said, "Mother, oh, mother 
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Won't you turn me over slow? 
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I've been jabbed in my left side 
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With a police .44" 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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When all the ladies heard that Stack 
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Oh, Stack-a-Lee was dead 
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Some come dressed in orange colors 
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Some came dressed in red,    (oh, play it for him now)  

Break: 
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[Verso 5]
 
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Stack-a Lee went to the Devil 
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To identify poor Billy's soul 
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But the poor boy, he was absent 
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He had went down to shove coal 
 


[Verso 6]
 
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Now the Devil heard a rumbling 
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A mighty rumbling under the ground 
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He said, "That must be Mr. Stack pointing Billy 
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Upside-down" 
 


[Verso 7]
 
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Now it seems that old Devil 
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On top of his Devil chair 
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He said, "If you want Mr. Stack, boy 
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Then get him by yourself," yes 
 


[Verso 8]
 
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Now I told y'all my little story 
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And sang y'all my little song 
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'Bout Stack-a-Lee and Billy Lyons 
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They both dead and gone 
 

Outro x2 
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