Lyrics Stack O' Lee Blues - Ma Rainey

Stack O' Lee Blues

Stack O' Lee was a bad man
Everybody knows
And when they see Stack O' Lee comin'
They’d give him the road
He was my man
But he done me wrong
Stack O' Lee, Stack O' Lee
Was so desperate and bad
He’d take everything his women would bring
And everything they had
He was my man
But he done me wrong
Stack O' Lee’s on the warpath
And you’d better run
'Cause Stack O' Lee bad man
And he’ll kill you just for fun
He was my man
But he done you wrong
Stack O' Lee’s in jail now
With his face turned to the wall
Pretty women and old corn whiskey
Was the cause of it all
He was my man
But h done you wrong
A hundred-dollar coffin
And a eighty-dollar hat
Carrid him to the cemetery
But it did not bring him back
He was my man
But he done me wrong