Hawlin alley on a dark and drizzly night,
Billy lyons and stack-a-lee had one terrible fight
All about that john b stetson hat

Stack-a-lee walked to the bar-room, and he called for a glass of beer,
Turned around to billy lyons, said, "what are you doin’ here? "
"waitin’ for a train, please bring my woman home

"stack-a-lee, oh stack-a-lee please don’t take my life
Got three little children and a-weepin’, lovin’ wife
You’re a bad man, bad man, stack-a-lee"

"god bless your children and I’ll take care of your wife
You stole my john b, now I’m bound to take your life"
All about that john b stetson hat

Stack-a-lee turned to billy lyons and he shot him right through the head,
Only taking one shot to kill billy lyons dead
All about that john b stetson hat

Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come,
Just pointed out stack-a-lee, said, "now what have you done? "
You’re a bad man, bad man, stack-a-lee"

Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack,
Taking him to the cemetery, buy they failed to bring him back
All about that john b stetson hat

Hawlin alley, thought I heard the bulldogs bark
It must have been old stack-a-lee stumbling in the dark
He’s a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail

High police walked on to stack-a-lee, he was lying fast asleep
High police walked on to stack-a-lee, and he jumped forty feet
He’s a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail

Well they got old stack-a-lee and they laid him right back in jail
Couldn’t get a man around to go stack-a lee’s bail
All about that john b stetson hat

Stack-a-lee turned to the jailer, he said, "jailer, I can’t sleep
’round my bedside billy lyons began to creep"
All about that john b stetson hat