Well old Stackalee was a bad man
As ev'rybody knows.
He spent about a hundred dollars
Just buyin' one suit of clothes.
Well he was a bad man
That mean old Stackalee

There was old Stackalee
And a fella named Billy De Lyons
They were fightin' out there
On the dancehall floor
When old Stack went and pulled the trigger
On his smokin' forty four
He was a bad man
That mean old Stackalee

Well ole Billy de Lyons now he said eh, Stackalee 
Please don't take my life
Cause you know I've got two little babies bud
And a real darling of a wife
And you're a bad man
Your name is Stackalee

Well old Stackalee said
What do I care about your two little babes, 
What do I care about your darling of a wife?,
You know Billy you don't throw my Stetson hat 
Where I come from
I'm bound to take your life;
Cause I'm a bad man
My name is Stackalee

Well old Stackalee went on ahead
And he killed Billy
So they took him down the jailhouse, put him in there
And let him cool of a while 
Then they took him up to court
This is what the Judge told him

Well The judge said Mister Stackolee
Mister Stackalee
I'm gonna hang your body up
And set you spirit free
Cause I'm a bad man
My name is Stackalee

Last time I seen him
Well he was standin' up there on the gallows
With his head held way up high
Round twelve o'clock we killed him
And I was so glad to see him die
He was a bad man
That mean old Stackalee

He was a real bad man
That mean old Stackalee
