文本歌词

Stagolee - Mississippi John Hurt
Stagolee was a bad man
They go down in a coal mine one night
Robbed a coal mine
They's gambling down there
And they placed themselves
Just like they wanted to be
So they wouldn't hit each
Other when they was shooting
Money lying all over the floor
There was one bad guy down
There he thought he was
That was Billy De Lyon
So he had a big 45 laying down by the side of him
When they got placed why
Stagolee spoke to him
He says "Boys
Look at the money lying down here on the floor"
Says "What would we do if old
Stagolee and them was to walk in here "
This guy picked up his 45 he says
"I wouldn't make a bit of difference"
Says "Stag's gun won't shoot a bit
Harder than this one"
About that time Stag knocked his hat off
And his partner taking care of the rest
When he knocked his hat off he
He kind of remembered that was Stagolee
And he commenced begging like this
Policin' officer how can it be
You can rest everybody but cruel Stagolee
That bad man oh cruel Stagolee
He said "Stagolee Stagolee
Please don't take my life"
Says "I got two little babies
And a darlin' lovin' wife"
He's a bad man oh cruel Stagolee
Here's the answer Stagolee gave him
What I care about your two little babies
Darlin' lovin' wife
Says "You done stole my Stetson hat
I'm bound to take your life"
It's a magic hat oh cruel Stagolee
Boom boom boom boom with a forty-four
When I spied poor Billy De Lyon
He is lyin' down on the floor
That bad man oh cruel Stagolee
Gentleman of the jury what you think that
Says "Stagolee killed Billy de Lyon
About a five-dollar Stetson hat"
He's a bad man oh cruel Stagolee
Standing on the gallows Stagolee did curse
The Judge said "Let's kill him
For he killed some of us"
He's a bad man oh cruel Stagolee
Standing on the gallows
His head was way up high
At twelve o'clock they killed him
They's all glad to see him die
He's a bad man oh cruel Stagolee
Policin' officer how can it be
You can rest everybody but cruel Stagolee
That bad man oh cruel Stagolee