Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night
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Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight
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All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
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Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room and he called for a glass of beer
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Turned around to Billy Lyons, said "What you doin' here ?"
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"Waitin' for a train to bring my woman home."
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"Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee please don't take my life
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Got three little children and a weepin', loving wife
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You're a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee."
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"God bless your children and I'll take care of your wife
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You stole my John B., now I'm bound to take your life"
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All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
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Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and shot him right through the head
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Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead
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All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
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Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come
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Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee, said, "Now what have you done ?"
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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 John B. Stetson Hat.
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Hawlin Alley, thought I heard the bulldogs bark
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It must have been old Stack-A-Lee stumbling 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 Stack-A-Lee, he was lying fast asleep
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High police catched 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 Stack-A-Lee, and they led him right back in jail
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Couldn't get a man around to go Stack-A-Lee's bail
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All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
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Stack-A-Lee turned to the jailer, he said "Jailer, I can't sleep
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'Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep"
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All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
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Stack - A - Lee
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Bob Dylan |