Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Stackerlee, artist - Dave Van Ronk. Date of issue: 12.03.2020
Song language: English
Stackerlee |
| I remember one September |
| Cold and frosty night |
| Mr. Stack O’Lee and Billy Lyon |
| Had a great fight |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Ol' Stackerlee shot six bits |
| Billy Lyons bet he passed |
| Stackerlee out with his forty-five |
| Says you’ve done shot your last |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Lord, a woman comes a running |
| Fell down on her knees |
| Crying, Lordy Lord, Mister Stakerlee |
| Don’t shoot my brother please |
| When you lose your money… |
| Talk about some gambler |
| Oughta seen Richard Lee |
| Shot one thousand dollars |
| And come out on a three |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Stackerlee got his pistol |
| Lord, he got it fast |
| Shot poor Billy through and through |
| And he broke a looking glass |
| When you lose your money… |
| Well, the deputy says to the sheriff |
| We want him dead or alive |
| How in the world can we bring him in |
| When he totes a forty-five |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Old deputy leaves the office |
| Put his pistol on the shelf |
| You wanna go and get that bad man |
| Dammit, do it by yourself |
| When you lose your money… |
| Well, they sent for the militia |
| Wagons come |
| Loaded up with pistols |
| And a great big Gatling Gun |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Well, the judge says, «Mister Stackerlee |
| Mister bad man Stackerlee |
| Gonna hang your body up |
| And set your spirit free» |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Well, he standed on his gallows |
| Head way up high |
| Twelve o’clock, we killed him |
| I was glad to see him die |
| When you lose your money… |
| There’s a great big rumbling underground |
| Mama, what is that? |
| Ain’t nothin' but old Stackerlee down in hell |
| With his John B. Stetson hat |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Well, Stack says to the devil |
| Devil, lets have some fun |
| You stab me with your pitchfork |
| And I’ll shoot you with my gun |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |
| Well, Stack says to the devil |
| Put your pitchfork on the shelf |
| I’m the bad man they call Stackerlee |
| I’m gonna rule hell by myself |
| When you lose your money |
| Learn to lose |