Billy Lyons And Stackolee - Furry Lewis

I remember one September on one Friday night

Stack O’Lee and Billy Lyons had a great fight

Cryin', when you lose your money, learn to lose

Billy Lyons shot six bits, Stack O’Lee bet he’d pass

Stack O’Lee out with his forty-five, said you done shot your last

When you lose your money, learn to lose

Lord, a woman come a-running, fell down on her knees

Cryin', Oh Mr. Stack O’Lee, don’t shoot my brother please

When you lose your money…

I ain’t talking ‘bout some gambler, ought to see Richard Lee

Shot one thousand dollars and come out on a three

Cryin', when you lose your money, learn to lose

Lord, the judge told the sheriff, we want him dead or ‘live

How in the world can we bring him in when he’s totin' a forty-five

When you lose your money, learn to lose

Lord, the woman told the judge, my husband’s name Jack Shep

Wanna arrest po' Stack O’Lee, better go somewhere else

When you lose your money, learn to lose.

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