Mississippi John Hurt – Stack O Lee Blues (Guitar)

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Police officer, how can it be?

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You can 'rest everybody but cruel Stack O' Lee

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That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee

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Billy de Lyon told Stack O' Lee, "Please don't take my life

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I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife"

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That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee

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"What I care about you little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?

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You done stole my Stetson1 hat, I'm bound to take your life"

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That bad man, cruel Stack O' Lee

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Hmmmm  Hmmmmm. With the forty-four

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When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin' down on the floor

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That bad man, oh cruel Stack O' Lee

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"Gentleman's of the jury, what do you think of that?

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Stack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat"

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That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee

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And all they gathered, hands way up high

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At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die

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That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee