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Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night |
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Billy Lyons and |
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Stack a Lee had one terrible fight |
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All about that |
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John.B. Stetson |
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HatStack a |
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Lee walked to the bar-room and he called for a glass of beer |
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Turned around to |
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Billy Lyons, said, "What are you doin' here?""Waitin' for a train to please bring my woman home""Stack a Lee, oh Stack a Lee, please don't take my lifeGot three little children and a weepin', lovin' wifeYou're a bad man, bad man Stack a Lee""God bless your children and I'll take care of your wifeYou stole my John.B., now I'm bound to take your life" |
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All about that |
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John.B. Stetson |
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HatStack a |
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Lee turned to |
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Billy Lyons and he shot him right through the head |
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Only takin' one shot to kill |
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Billy Lyons dead |
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All about that |
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John.B. Stetson |
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HatSent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come |
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Just pointed out, |
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Stack a Lee, said, "Now what have you done?You're a bad man, bad man Stack a Lee" |
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Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack |
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Taking him to the cemetery but they failed to bring him back |
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All about that |
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John.B. Stetson |
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HatHawlin |
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Alley, thought |
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I heard the bulldog bark |
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Must have been old |
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Stack a Lee stumblin' in the dark |
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He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail |
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High police walked on to |
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Stack a Lee, he was lyin' fast asleep |
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High police gets |
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Stack a Lee and he jumped forty feet |
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He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail |
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Well, they got old |
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Stack a Lee and they led him right back in jail |
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Couldn't get a man around to go |
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Stack a Lee's bail |
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All about that |
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John.B. Stetson |
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HatStack a |
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Lee turned to the jailer, he said, "Jailer, I can't sleep'Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep" |
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All about that |
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John.B. Stetson |
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