Stack O'Lee was a bully He bullied all his life Well, he bullied through Chicago's town Wit' a ten cent pocket knife Tell it's oh Stack O'Lee
Stack turns towards Billy How can it be? You arrest the man Done desecrated me But you oughta 'rrest Stack O'Lee' Still it's oh, Stack O'Lee (Sing the little black horses)
(Tune your guitar, to little black horses) (Tune your string, to little black horses)
Ooo-ooo-ooo (Wee!) Bad man! (Don't deliver him) (Don't tone the bells) (Stack O'Lee get two black horses) (He didn't know about the little white horses)
(He dosen't get the big white horses) (He shoots him down)
Ooo-ooo-ooo (Just leave the man) (Don't worry about him) (So leave the man, anywhere, anywhere)
Next answered Billy 'Don't you take my life Well, I ain't got that much Two little children, leave a darlin' loving wife' Then it's so, Stack O' Lee
One is a boy And the other'un is a girl Well, you may see your chill'en kin But it's in another world Then it's oh Stack O' Lee
Sitting un'neath an umbrella Didn't mean no harm When the policeman saw'd me Well, they grabbed me by my arm Say it's so, Stack O'Lee
Stack O'Lee and Billy Had a noble fight Well, Stack O'Lee take Billy's life Was a cold dark Sunday night Still it's oh, Stack O'Lee
(Play the little black horses) (Play your guitar to little black horses) 'Oh Play it Boys! Ooo-ooo-ooo 'Play for me one time' (Said so livery man) (Don't deliver him) (It's okay, pull him back, pull him back)
Standing on a silk carpet Dogs begin to bark But it wad'nt nut'n but Stack O'Lee Come creeping in his dark Said it's oh, Stack O'Lee.