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Stack O'Lee Blues |
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
Stack O’Lee was a notorious black bandit of the late 1800s who goes by many names. He is Stackolee, Stagolee, Stackalee, ‘Stag’ Lee and Stagger Lee. Wikipedia suggests that he was Lee Shelton or Sheldon, an African American taxi driver and pimp.
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