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Bert Garvin, vocal & banjo; J​.​P. Fraley, fiddle; Danielle Fraley, guitar - Stackolee

from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange by Field Recorders' Collective

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Early morning in the alley, it sounded like a bulldog bark
Must have been old Stackolee shootin’ in the dark

Refrain: Bad man, bad man Stackolee.

Billy Lyon’s in the barroom, talking to his friends
The door it opened, Stackolee walked in.

“Oh Stackolee, oh Stackolee, oh please don’t take my life
I’ve two lovin’ children and a lovin’ little wife.”

“Oh, God‘ll take care of your children and I’ll take care of your wife
Stole my John B. Stetson, gonna take your life.”

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson, Denton, KY, 5/5/97.

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