9 thoughts on “ Stack-O-Lee ”

1. Stack O' Lee Lyrics: 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.

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2. Stack-O-Lee Lyrics: This here a song from back in the day / Nineteen hundred and sixty two / My woman put my black ass out in the cold / I said baby why you leavin', she said our love done gone cold.

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3. Stack-O-Lee Champion Jack Dupree Buy this song. FAVORITE (1 fan) Champion Jack Dupree. William Thomas Dupree, best known as Champion Jack Dupree, was an American blues pianist. His birth date is disputed, given as July 4, July 10, and July 23, in the years .

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4. Stack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat" That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee Standing on the gallows, head 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. Explain lyrics. Correct lyrics.7/10(11).

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5. Variously called "Stag-O-Lee," "Stack-O-Lee," and other names, the song is about a scoundrel who killed Billy Lyons because he stole Stag's Stetson hat. Stag-O-Lee was upset about the death, though--because he failed to shoot Billy right between the eyes. Songwriters over the years have elaborated on the story, bringing in the bad man's deals.

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6. Apr 04,  · Stack-O-Lee became a trickster hero in southern black society. The trickster figure crops up in the folk stories of just about every culture—the coyote in Native American stories or Hermes in.

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7. Dec 26,  · The most famous of those musical renditions were ’s “Stack O’ Lee Blues” by Mississippi John Hurt and ’s “Stagger Lee,” an unlikely #1 pop hit for Lloyd Price. Versions of.

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8. Lyrics to Stack-O-Lee by Champion Jack Dupree from the ABC of the Blues: The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more!

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9. Watch the video for Stack-O-Lee from Samuel L. Jackson's Black Snake Moan Soundtrack for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.

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