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 life i got two little babies and a darlin lovin wife that bad man oh cruel stack o lee what i care about you little babies your darlin lovin wife you done stole my stetson1 hat i m bound to take your life that bad man cruel stack o lee with the forty four when i spied billy de lyon he was lyin down on the floor that bad man oh cruel stack o lee gentleman s of the jury what do you think of that stack o lee killed billy de lyon about a five dollar stetson hat that bad man oh cruel stack o lee and all they gathered hands 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