Stagolee (traditional Version 2) Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

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.