Stagolee was a bad man,   Ev'rybody knows.   Spent one hundred dollars   Just to buy him a suit of dothes.      He was a bad man   That mean old Stagolee         Stagolee shot Billy de Lyons   What do you think about that?   Shot him down in cold blood   Because he stole his Stetson hat;         He was a bad man   That mean old Stagolee         Billy de Lyons said, Stagolee   Please don't take my life   I've got two little babes   And a darling, loving wife;         You are a bad man   You mean old Stagolee.         What do I care about your two little babes,   Your darling loving wife?,   You done stole my Stetson hat   I'm bound to take your life;         He was a bad man,   That mean old Stagolee.         The judge said, Stagolee,   What you doing in here?,   You done shot Mr. Billy de Lyons,   You going to die in the electric chair;         He was a bad man   That mean old Stagolee.         Twelve o'clock they killed him   Head reached up high   Last thing that poor boy said,   "My six-shooter never lied."       He was a bad man,   That mean old Stagolee.